Josh Volk

Compact Farms (eBook, ePUB)

15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less; Includes Detailed Farm Layouts for Productivity and Efficiency

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing effort. Profiles of well-known farmers such as Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier show that farming on a small scale in any region, in both urban and rural settings, can provide enough income to turn the endeavor from hobby to career. These real-life plans and down-and-dirty advice will equip you with everything you need to actually realize your farm dreams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612125954
• Artikelnr.: 47474130

Autorenporträt

Josh Volk is the best-selling author of Compact Farms and the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm in Portland, Oregon. He has been working on and managing small farms around the country for the last 20 years, studying the systems that make them efficient. He travels in the United States and abroad, consulting with farmers and researchers, teaching farm apprentices and new farmers, presenting workshops at agricultural conferences, and writing articles for publications, including Growing for Market magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Michael Ableman
Preface
Part 1: Why Farm Small?
  Compact Values and Strategies
  Sustainability as a Core Goal
Part 2: Farm Profiles
  Slow Hand Farm
  Four Season Farm
  Cook's Garden
  Harvest Moon Flower Farm
  Peregrine Farm
  Liberty Gardens
  Kealaola Farm
  Les Jardins de la Grelinette
  Groundswell Farm
  Mellowfields Urban Farm
  Full Plate Farm
  Flywheel Farm
  Leap Frog Farm
  Cully Neighborhood Farm
  Brooklyn Grange
Part 3: Nuts and Bolts
  Planning and Designing Your Own
  Making It Work Financially
  Epilogue: Small Plans for the Future
Learning More
Index