Book details

  • Genre:gardening
  • Sub-genre:General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:200
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317803605

Empowering the City Farm

The heart and mindset of urban farming

By Amie Torkelson

Overview


The City Farm Empowered is a call to rise above convenience culture and reclaim a life of purpose, presence, and community - right where you are. In these pages, Amie shares how she turned a small city lot into a flourishing homestead and a house into a haven. Through stories of compost piles, rain barrels, healing, and neighbors turned family, you'll discover that homesteading isn't about acreage - it's about mindset. This is a book about building not just a garden, but a life. About trading fear for faith, scarcity for sustainability, and isolation for deep connection. Whether you're starting seeds on a windowsill, baking bread from scratch, or slowly learning to live differently, this book offers practical tools, systems, and real-life insight to help you create a lifestyle that brings deep contentment, peace, and purpose. You were made for more than survival. You were made for wholeness. Welcome to the farm life - one intentional step at a time.
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Description


Do you dream of open land, a cellar full of food, animals wandering your home, and connection to the earth? Do you instead feel stuck on a city lot or in a season that makes that dream feel out of reach? You're not alone. There is hope. Empowering The City Farm is a call to rise above the culture of convenience and reclaim a life of purpose, presence, and community—right where you are. Amie shares how she turned a small city lot into a flourishing homestead and a house into a haven. Through stories of compost piles, runaway chickens, healing, and neighbors turned family, you'll discover that homesteading is about so much more than land—it's about heart, mindset, and community. This is a book about building a life you love. It's about trading fear for faith, wastefulness for sustainability, and isolation for deep connection. Whether you're starting seeds on a windowsill, baking bread from scratch, or slowly learning to live differently, this book offers practical tools, systems, and real-life experiences to help you create a life of contentment, peace, and purpose. You were made for more than survival. You were made for wholeness. Welcome to the farm life—let's take it one intentional step at a time.
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About The Author


Amie Torkelson is a writer, teacher, and urban homesteader who has dreamed of having a farm since she was a little girl. She was stuck waiting for "someday" to chase her dream—until she turned "someday" into "today," and The City Farm Empowered was born. Now, Amie shares this beautiful life with her husband, Dakota, and their daughter, Kennedy, as well as with travelers from around the world. Amie would tell you, "This isn't what I had pictured, but it is even more than what I dreamed."
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