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29%OFFShawn Jadrnicek - The Bio-Integrated Farm and Home - 9781603585880 - V9781603585880
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The Bio-Integrated Farm and Home

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Description for The Bio-Integrated Farm and Home Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Full colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: TVF; TVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 207 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1064.
The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature's resources. This groundbreaking book brings system farming and permaculture to a whole new level. Author Shawn Jadrnicek presents new insights into permaculture, moving beyond the philosophical foundation to practical advanced designs based on a functional analysis. Holding his designs to a higher standard, Jadrnicek's components serve at least seven functions (classical permaculture theory only seeks at least two functions). With every additional function a component performs, the design becomes more advanced and saves more energy. A bio-integrated greenhouse, for example, doesn't just extend ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
White River Junction, United States
ISBN
9781603585880
SKU
V9781603585880
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About Shawn Jadrnicek
Shawn Jadrnicek has nourished his interest in sustainability through work as an organic farmer, nursery grower, extension agent, arborist, and landscaper, and now as the manager of Clemson University's Student Organic Farm. From his earliest permaculture experiments with no-till farming in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California to his highly functional bio-integrated designs in the Southeast, Shawn has learned how ... Read more

Reviews for The Bio-Integrated Farm and Home
Publishers Weekly- Jadrnicek, a farmer, educator (he teaches at and oversees Clemson University's organic student farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains), and perpetually tinkering designer and inventor, implements the permaculture principle of 'stacking functions'
'Every component of a design should function in many ways'
and pushes its limits. 'Something very special happens when a component within the ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Bio-Integrated Farm and Home


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