num_pages: 448
description:  The Organic Grain Grower is the best resource weve seen for small-scale grain growers everywhere. . . . [Lazor's] passion comes alive in this fine guidebooks depth of detail. Mother Earth News The ultimate guide to growing organic grains on a small and ecological scale The Organic Grain Grower is invaluable for both home-scale and commercial producers interested in expanding their resiliency and crop diversity through growing their own grains. Longtime farmer and organic pioneer Jack Lazor covers how to grow and store wheat barley oats corn dry beans soybeans pulse crops oilseeds grasses nutrient-dense forages and lesser-known cereals. In addition to detailed cultivation and processing information Lazor argues the importance of integrating grains on the organic farm (not to mention for the local-food system) for reasons of biodiversity and whole farm management. Including extensive information Beginners will learn how to grow enough wheat for a year's supply of bread flour for their homestead and farmers will learn how to become part of a grain co-op working alongside artisan bakers and mills. Never before has there been a guide to growing organic grains applicable both for the home-scale and professional farming scale. This will be a classic for decades to come and a crucial addition to any farmer's homesteader's gardener's agronomist's or seed-saver's library.
language: English
title: The Organic Grain Grower: Small-Scale, Holistic Grain Production for the Home and Market Producer
publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing