Small Farms are Real Farms - 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 Small Farms are Real Farms write by John Ikerd. This book was released on 2008. Small Farms are Real Farms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Since the middle of the last century, American farm policy has taken the nation into the dead end of industrial farm production and food distribution. Farming, at its core a biological process, has been transformed into an industrial process, thus demolishing the economic and cultural values upon which the nation was founded. Along the way, small farms have been ridiculed and dismissed as inconsequential -- but now the seeds of a rural renaissance are being planted, not by these industrial behemoths, but by family-scale farms. In this collection of essays by one of America's most eloquent and influential proponents of sustainable agriculture, the multifaceted case for small farms is built using logic and facts."--Publisher's website.
Compact Farms
Compact Farms - 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 Compact Farms write by Josh Volk. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Compact Farms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Small Farm Future
A Small Farm Future - 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 A Small Farm Future write by Chris Smaje. This book was released on 2020-10-22. A Small Farm Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A modern classic of the new agrarianism "Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva "Every young person should read this book."—Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation—and will yield humanity’s best chance at survival. Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward for society—and a vital resource for activists, students, policy makers, and anyone looking to enact change.
Making Small Farms Work
Making Small Farms Work - 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 Making Small Farms Work write by Richard Perkins (Farmer). This book was released on 2016. Making Small Farms Work available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Making Small Farms Work follows the first seasons setting up what has quickly become one of Europe's flagship farm scale Permaculture and regenerative agriculture sites. From a rural situation, nestled in the heart of Scandinavia, Ridgedale is a dedicated high-quality local food producer engaged in educating the next generation of agrarians with the design and management strategies to create farms for the future."--Page 4 of cover.
Farms with a Future
Farms with a Future - 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 Farms with a Future write by Rebecca Thistlethwaite. This book was released on 2012. Farms with a Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do you want to make your farm more dynamic, profitable, and-- above all-- sustainable? Thistlethwaite introduces readers to some of the country's most innovative farmers, in order to help you build a triple-bottom-line farming business focused on economic viability, social justice, and ecological soundness.
