The Urban Farmer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Urban Farmer write by Curtis Allen Stone. This book was released on 2015-12-14. The Urban Farmer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There are twenty million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's). Major benefits include: Low capital investment and overhead costs Reduced need for expensive infrastructure Easy access to markets Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, The Urban Farmer is your complete guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces. Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a commercial urban farm growing vegetables for farmers markets, restaurants, and retail outlets. During his slower months, Curtis works as a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, sharing his story to inspire a new generation of farmers.
Practical Farming and Gardening ...
Practical Farming and Gardening ... - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practical Farming and Gardening ... write by Willis MacGerald. This book was released on 1902. Practical Farming and Gardening ... available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Farming While Black
Farming While Black - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farming While Black write by Leah Penniman. This book was released on 2018. Farming While Black available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Farming While Black is the first comprehensive "how to" guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to sustainable agriculture. At Soul Fire Farm, author Leah Penniman co-created the Black and Latino Farmers Immersion (BLFI) program as a container for new farmers to share growing skills in a culturally relevant and supportive environment led by people of color. Farming While Black organizes and expands upon the curriculum of the BLFI to provide readers with a concise guide to all aspects of small-scale farming, from business planning to preserving the harvest. Throughout the chapters Penniman uplifts the wisdom of the African diasporic farmers and activists whose work informs the techniques described--from whole farm planning, soil fertility, seed selection, and agroecology, to using whole foods in culturally appropriate recipes, sharing stories of ancestors, and tools for healing from the trauma associated with slavery and economic exploitation on the land. Woven throughout the book is the story of Soul Fire Farm, a national leader in the food justice movement.--AMAZON.
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sepp Holzer's Permaculture write by Sepp Holzer. This book was released on 2011-01. Sepp Holzer's Permaculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While the surrounding mountain sides are covered in dark monocultures of spruce, the Krameterhof stands out like a beacon. It's an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with fruit trees and other productive vegetation and with the farmhouse neatly nestling amongst them. The farm is not just and integrated part of the natural world, it's also where Sepp Holzer and his wife Veronika make their living. It has taken a great deal of skill and knowledge to achieve this, and these things don't come easily. Right from his childhood, when his mother gave him a small plot for his first garden, he has observed, questioned and experimented. After a lifetime of permaculture farming he knows the natural world like few other people do today
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sepp Holzer's Permaculture write by Sepp Holzer. This book was released on 2010. Sepp Holzer's Permaculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "First Englished language edition... was published in 2011 in the United Kingdom by Permanent Publications, The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire, UK."--T.p. verso.
