The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming
by Fortier, Jean-MartinDescription
Grow better not bigger
AS LOCAL ORGANIC agriculture continues to flourish, young professional growers like Jean-Martin Fortier are leading the way with their innovative ideas about how to start a farm. Growing on just 1.5 acres, he and his wife have been making a good living from their vegetable operation for over 10 years, feeding more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stand.
Based on low-tech, high-yield methods of production, The Market Gardener is packed with practical information on:
- Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, all with negligible capital outlay
- Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil-fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools, appropriate machinery and minimum tillage practices
- Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management, crop yields, harvest periods and pricing approaches.
The Market Gardener is a complete, modern, micro-scale farming handbook which shows that making a living wage growing food without large capital outlay or access to an acreage may be closer than you think.
| Author(s): | Fortier, Jean-Martin |
|---|---|
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 0865717656 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Publication Date: | 2014-03-01 |
| Publisher: | New Society Publishers |
| Weight: | 1.1 Pounds |
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