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Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Market Farming Success is an indispensable guide to market gardening and farming for those in the business of growing and selling food, flowers, herbs, or plants. Condensing decades of growing experience from every part of the United States and Canada, Lynn Byczynski - editor and publisher of Growing for Market - identifies crucial areas that usually trip up beginners and shows growers how to avoid common obstacles. This book differentiates between...
Author
Publisher
Storey Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Ekarius's natural, organic approach to livestock management produces healthier animals, reduces feed and healthcare costs, and maximizes your profit. Through case studies of successful farmers, nitty-gritty details on every facet of livestock farming, and insights for working with nature instead of against it, you'll learn to make your farm thrive.
Series
Yearbook of agriculture ; 1989
Publisher
[Department of Agriculture]
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Publisher
TM Books & Video, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Learn where food comes from and all about the growing season, planting, cultivating, and the harvest in the fall. Visit the Farm in the Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo, right in the middle of Chicago. Take a trip to the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois to see how John Deere combines are made.
13) Five acres and independence: a practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Murdoch Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. Soil is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. For too long, we've not only neglected the land beneath us, we've squandered and debased it, by over-clearing, over-grazing...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Females are farming in record numbers. Covering everything from business planning to tool use to integrating family into farm operations, Soil Sisters is a comprehensive blueprint for women who dream of bringing their vision of agricultural entrepreneurship to life. This unique guide blends inspiring stories of successful female farmers with practical information and resources for women launching new farming enterprises."--