Curtis Stone is an internationally recognized industry leader in small-scale farming, regenerative agriculture, and self-reliance. His book The Urban Farmer (2016) is a standard material used by market gardeners and homesteaders around the world. Curtis is a co-creator of freedomfarmers.com, a platform and community dedicated to self-reliance that teaches people how to get on the land and everything from there. He lives off-grid with his wife and children in southern British Columbia, Canada.