21st Century Homestead: Organic Food

21st Century Homestead: Organic Food
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 9781312937598
ISBN-13 : 1312937599
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Organic Food by : Desmond Klingler

21st Century Homestead: Organic Food contains everything you need to stay up to date on organic food.

21st Century Homestead: Organic Farming

21st Century Homestead: Organic Farming
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9781312937536
ISBN-13 : 131293753X
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Organic Farming by : Lamont Fedigan

21st Century Homestead: Organic Farming contains everything you need to stay up to date on organic farming.

21st Century Homestead: Agroecology

21st Century Homestead: Agroecology
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 9781312937567
ISBN-13 : 1312937564
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Agroecology by : Rob Koogler

21st Century Homestead: Agroecology contains everything you need to stay up to date on organic agroecology.

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture I

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture I
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9781312939530
ISBN-13 : 1312939532
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture I by : Marlon Henkel

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture I contains the first part of everything you need to stay up to date on sustainable agriculture.

The Resilient Farm and Homestead

The Resilient Farm and Homestead
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Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781603584449
ISBN-13 : 1603584447
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Resilient Farm and Homestead by : Ben Falk

The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition. Ben Falk is a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has drawn national attention. The site is a terraced paradise on a hillside in Vermont that would otherwise be overlooked by conventional farmers as unworthy farmland. Falk's wide array of fruit trees, rice paddies (relatively unheard of in the Northeast), ducks, nuts, and earth-inspired buildings is a hopeful image for the future of regenerative agriculture and modern homesteading. The book covers nearly every strategy Falk and his team have been testing at the Whole Systems Research Farm over the past decade, as well as experiments from other sites Falk has designed through his off-farm consulting business. The book includes detailed information on earthworks; gravity-fed water systems; species composition; the site-design process; site management; fuelwood hedge production and processing; human health and nutrient-dense production strategies; rapid topsoil formation and remineralization; agroforestry/silvopasture/grazing; ecosystem services, especially regarding flood mitigation; fertility management; human labor and social-systems aspects; tools/equipment/appropriate technology; and much more, complete with gorgeous photography and detailed design drawings. The Resilient Farm and Homestead is more than just a book of tricks and techniques for regenerative site development, but offers actual working results in living within complex farm-ecosystems based on research from the "great thinkers" in permaculture, and presents a viable home-scale model for an intentional food-producing ecosystem in cold climates, and beyond. Inspiring to would-be homesteaders everywhere, but especially for those who find themselves with "unlikely" farming land, Falk is an inspiration in what can be done by imitating natural systems, and making the most of what we have by re-imagining what's possible. A gorgeous case study for the homestead of the future.

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture III: Agricultural Practices

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture III: Agricultural Practices
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781312939752
ISBN-13 : 1312939753
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture III: Agricultural Practices by : Marlon Henkel

21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture III contains the third part of everything you need to stay up to date on sustainable agricultural practices.

21st Century Homestead: Nitrogen-Fixing Crops

21st Century Homestead: Nitrogen-Fixing Crops
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781365452901
ISBN-13 : 1365452905
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Nitrogen-Fixing Crops by : Stanley Bilello

21st Century Homestead: Nitrogen-Fixing Crops contains everything you need to stay up to date on nitrogen-fixing crops for your sustainable farm or garden.

21st Century Homestead: Urban Agriculture

21st Century Homestead: Urban Agriculture
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781312936515
ISBN-13 : 1312936517
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis 21st Century Homestead: Urban Agriculture by : Douglas Waterford

21st Century Homestead: Urban Agriculture contains everything you need to stay up to date on urban agriculture

The Organic Grain Grower

The Organic Grain Grower
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Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages : 483
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ISBN-10 : 9781603583657
ISBN-13 : 1603583653
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Organic Grain Grower by : Jack Lazor

The Organic Grain Grower is an invaluable resource for both home-scale and commercial producers interested in expanding their resiliency and drop diversity through growing their own grains. Longtime farmer and organic pioneer Jack Lazor covers how to grow and store wheat, barley, oats, corn, dry beans, soybeans, oilseeds, grasses, nutrient-dense forages, and lesser-known cereals. In addition, Lazor argues the importance of integrating grains on the organic farm (not to mention within the local food system) for reasons of biodiversity and whole-farm management. The Organic Grain Grower provides information on wide-ranging topics, from nutrient density and building soil fertility to machinery and grinding grains for livestock rations.--COVER.

Start Your Farm

Start Your Farm
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Publisher : The Experiment
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781615194896
ISBN-13 : 1615194894
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Start Your Farm by : Forrest Pritchard

A totally modern, all-purpose handbook for today’s agricultural dreamers—covering the challenges and triumphs of launching any successful farm—from two leading lights in sustainable farming Do you dream of starting your own farm but wonder where to begin? Or do you already have a farm but wish to become more sustainable to compete in today's market? Start Your Farm, the first comprehensive business guide of its kind, covers these essential questions and more: Why be a farmer in the 21st century? Do you have what it takes? What does sustainable really mean, and how can a small (as little as one acre) to midsize farm survive alongside commodity-scale agriculture? How do you access education, land, and other needs with limited capital? How can you reap an actual profit, including a return on land investment? How do you build connections with employees, colleagues, and customers? At the end of the day, how do you measure success? (Hint: Cash your lifestyle paycheck.) More than a practical guide, Start Your Farm is a hopeful call to action for anyone who aspires to grow wholesome, environmentally sustainable food for a living. Take it from Forrest Pritchard and Ellen Polishuk: Making this dream a reality is not for the faint of heart, but it's well within reach—and there's no greater satisfaction under the sun!