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Introduction While eating food is critical to nurturing and sustaining us, it’s far more fun when you grow and eat great tasting healthy food yourself! Our key focus is to equip mums, dads, students and office workers, young and old with the necessary skills to grow food for themselves – wherever they live – and improve their health and help the environment at the same time. And the great thing is… customers don’t need to own land to do it.

Our service With a record of success working with teachers and students, we offer 3 food growing systems:

1. Urban Farming Starter Pack – for rooftops, decks & other large spaces (see next page)

2. GroRacks – for verandahs, decks, indoors, etc. 3. GroBricks – for windowsills, desks, tables, etc.

These systems do the following: Provide everything you need to start growing

food at home, school or office Provide practical information about food

growing basics – that can be used for life Earth-friendly – Teaches urban gardening – a

key step to living a more sustainable lifestyle Improve health – You determine what goes

into your food, not agriculture companies Bring natural beauty to virtually any space.

Benefits Enable your family, staff and/or group to enjoy

the health benefits of “home-grown” produce Reduce intake of agricultural chemicals Slash food miles | Good for the environment Boost food independence and increase survival

chances if a major disaster strikes Learn to grow near-organic food for your family Fully customizable – Large range of planter boxes

and seeds available

Experience Jonathon Walsh has been growing food in a 3x5 m community garden allotment in Tokyo since March 2012. Since then, he has grown:

1,600 tomatoes 40 lettuces 45 cucumbers Piles of other vegetables

including pok choi, mizuna, komatsuna, spinach, radish, shiso & basil. Read more.

BUSINESS GROW

Gardening & Urban Farming Consulting

Chemical and toxin build up in our bodies can lead to chronic lifestyle diseases. That’s why we:

Don’t add any chemicals or artificial fertilizers Promote sustainable practices and products Collect and use rainwater whenever possible.

Principles

SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED FOOD PRODUCTION

Contact: Jonathon Walsh Gardening/Urban Farming Consultant E: info@businessgrow.net

EDUCATION: Our service also provides:

1/ Hands-on gardening training 2/ Informative articles and guides to planting

and growing food, collecting rainwater, interpreting Japanese seed packets, etc.

To read how Jonathon built a garden, grew food, and trained students in the art of growing their own food at Tokyo International School, click HERE.

10 planter boxes (approx. 20 x 60 cm) Soil for all planter boxes and seeds of customer’s choice Full instructions and planting guides Gardening tools: trowel, hand hoe, watering container,

plant label sticks, pot stones, etc. Full installation – We can set up your garden for you Maintenance: We provide ongoing instructions & advice Informative reports: 1/ How to Grow Plants in Pots

2/ Feeding the Future – 15 Ways to Grow Food 3/ How to Set up a Rain Collector.

The UFSP is also: Fully customizable – You decide planter box quantity & seeds Delivered to your home or office [courier fee charged].

Rooftop gardening – planet-friendly food production

PRICE: ¥19,995 per pack + ¥5,000/hour consulting fee. TO ORDER: Contact Jonathon Walsh e: info@businessgrow.net

Urban Farming – benefits

The Urban Farming Starter Pack (UFSP, see contents below) is a complete food growing kit that enables you to start growing food within 60 minutes* – a key step to living a more sustainable life

Get healthy! – You determine what goes into your food, not agriculture companies Integrate on-site food production of near-organic vegetables into your environment program Boost food independence – Reduce dependence on store-bought vegetables Create beauty – Bring life and natural beauty to virtually any sunlit space.

* Depending on location, climate, etc.

Instill in staff a strong sense of the importance and value of nature, weather and nature’s cycles Bring farming to the city and slash food miles, reduce pollution, and help spread critical food production skills Staff can set up gardens and grow food for themselves, events, or even sell ‘company brand’ vegetables Encourage staff bonding in lunch breaks and after hours where staff swap gardening tips and food.

Urban Farming Starter Packs contain

Everything you need to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers at your home, office or rooftop.

UrbanFarming Greater food independence, better health

Lettuces growing in planter boxes

Harvest time

A snapshot of food Jonathon Walsh has grown from seeds and seedlings.

Why not expand your community outreach by allocating garden space or a set number of planter boxes to grow food for charity and community groups?

Choose this option and you can – Launch or expand CSR/community outreach activities Feed people in need Create eye-catching publicity and receive a free

press release to promote your food donations.

For more information, click HERE.

GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

Rooftop garden options Your space and your imagination are your only limits

130 cm / 51 in

130

cm /

51 in

10 planter boxes Weight: 60 kgs (approx.) Setup time: 1-2 hours Also includes: Soil, seeds, full instructions, gardening tools, watering container. Cost: See p2.

SPECIFICATIONS

Virtually all micro greens as well as lettuces, most small- and medium-sized green vegetables, mini carrots, radishes, herbs, and more. (Ability to grow depends on location, sunlight hours, etc.)

What crops can be grown?

URBAN FARMING STARTER PACK (See p2)

Depending on space, and safety considerations, staff could set up gardens on the rooftop, transforming unused space into food production centers, and grow food for office events and personal consumption. Why not hold a rooftop garden party?