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Green Thumb in a Green City

Brenton Johnson

A hardworking, everyday hero with a big dream and a little luck turns a backyard garden into a million-dollar farm. It sounds like a fairy tale or a movie script, except this story is true.

Five years ago, Brenton Johnson planted a 30-foot by 50-foot garden in his backyard. Today, he operates a 70-acre organic vegetable farm, the largest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in the southern United States. Johnson’s Backyard Garden has 20 employees, more than 1,000 members and gross sales exceeding $1 million annually. More >


Property Improvements:
Factors to Consider

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“If someone has never bought land before, when they see a raw tract of land, that is all they see. When we see a piece of property, we can envision it for what it can become. That’s part of the value we add for our customers,” says Matthew Raff — who shows prospective rural land buyers before-and-after pictures to illustrate how improvements can change a landscape. More >