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Title: Sustainable Market Farming Condition: New Subtitle: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres ISBN-10: 0865717168 EAN: 9780865717169 ISBN: 9780865717169 Publisher: New Society Publishers Format: Paperback Release Date: 01/02/2013 Description: Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres.Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: * Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage * Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties * Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement. Pam Dawling is a contributing editor with Growing for Market magazine. An avid vegetable grower, she has been farming as a member of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia for over twenty years, where she helps grow food for around one hundred people on three and a half acres, and provides training in sustainable vegetable production. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 235mm Item Length: 203mm Item Width: 20mm Item Weight: 875g Author: Pam Dawling Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Technology & Engineering Release Year: 2013
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