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    Monday, February 23, 2009

    Urban Farm

    What Grown?
    ~ Produce, Herbs, Spices, Plants, Flowers, Rare/Special Requests.

    How Much?
    ~ Depends on What, Where, and Who.

    Sold To or Customer Demographic?
    ~ Restaurants, General Public, Markets, Stake Holders (Sell, Rent Equipment, Sectors), Florists, Plant Nursery's, Lots/Drop ship.

    Where?
    ~ Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 - Area
    Lots of Light or Lots of Space

    When?
    ~ April to June 2009

    Why?
    ~ Provide closer, completely natural, all "green", plants and produce.
    Reduce time, transportation, labor costs
    Produce jobs

    Space= 2500 sq ft
    Equp= 16 units x 150 sq ft ea 3000 plants per unit= 48,000 plants

    Lettuce
    1 Head/Plant= 4 salads
    50 salads per day
    365 days x 50 salads = 18,250 / 4 = 4,562.50

    One Resturaunt

    1 1/2 Equipment
    225 Sq Ft
    ? Power
    ? Labor
    ? Quant/time (yield of harvest)

    Monthly
    30 Days x 50 ser units (12.5 heads) = 1500 su/375 u = 8 Equipment Units

    375 u x $.30 = $112.80 x 8 = $900 x 12 (1yr) = $10,800

    $320,000 Equipment (5yr)
    $90,00 Space Rental
    $41,600 Labor
    $30,000 Running
    Total $225,000
    $450,000 Profit
    $514,000 Profit After 5 Years

    4 Harvests 192,000 Plants per year
    $3.52 avg ea
    $675,000 yr take in

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