num_pages: 272
description: At Clay Bottom Farm author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen  or continuous improvement cutting out more wasteof time labor space money and moreevery year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto industry the end result has been increased profits and less work. In this field-guide companion to his award-winning first book The Lean Farm  Hartman shows market vegetable growers in even more detail how Clay Bottom Farm implements lean thinking in every area of their work including using kanbans  or replacement signals to maximize land use; germination chambers to reduce defect waste; and right-sized machinery to save money and labor and increase efficiency. From finding land and assessing infrastructure needs to selling perfect produce at the farmers market The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables digs deeper into specific tested methods for waste-free farming that not only help farmers become more successful but make the work more enjoyable. These methods Farming is not static and improvement requires constant change. The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables offers strategies for farmers to stay flexible and profitable even in the face of changing weather and markets. Much more than a simple exercise in cost-cutting lean farming is about growing better not cheaper foodthe food your customers want.
language: English
title: The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables: More In-Depth Lean Techniques for Efficient Organic Production
publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing