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Compact Farms
Josh Volk
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Description for Compact Farms
Paperback. 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 less than five acres. Num Pages: 176 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 748.
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 less than five acres. The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximise efficiency and productivity while minimising 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 ... Read more
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 less than five acres. The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximise efficiency and productivity while minimising 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Storey Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
North Adams, United States
ISBN
9781612125947
SKU
V9781612125947
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Josh Volk
Josh Volk is the author of Compact Farms. He is the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm in Portland, Oregon, and has been working on and managing small farms around the country for the last 20 years, studying the systems that make them efficient. He travels in the United States and abroad, consulting with farmers and researchers, teaching farm apprentices and ... Read more
Reviews for Compact Farms
Volk pushes back against the get big or get out narrative, making a strong case for how smaller farms can, and do, contribute to our nation and planet's health and livelihood.
The Huffington Post A very nuts-and-bolts look at successful small farms, which every farmer regardless of skill level and experience will enjoy. ... Read more
The Huffington Post A very nuts-and-bolts look at successful small farms, which every farmer regardless of skill level and experience will enjoy. ... Read more