Rebirth of the Small Family Farm
Subtitle: A Handbook for Starting a Successful Organic Farm Based on the Community Supported Agriculture Concept
Publisher: Acres USA
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780911311785
Subjects: Agriculture - General; Organic; Small Business - General; Science/Mathematics; Technology
First sentence: Our combined farming experience amounted to Bob's working in the eastern Washington wheat harvest during a high school summer, and Bonnie's weeks spent on her grandparents' Iowa farm at age ten.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
pagenum: 4; label: Chapter 1
title: Our First Years on the Farm
pagenum: 6; label: Chapter 2
title: What Our Farm Does: An Overview
pagenum: 11; label: Chapter 3
title: Key Factors to Success
pagenum: 14; label: Chapter 4
title: Start-Up Requirements
pagenum: 24; label: Chapter 5
title: Overview of Equipment and Supplies
pagenum: 27; label: Chapter 6
title: Setting Up the Land
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter 7
title: Marketing Strategy
pagenum: 37; label: Chapter 8
title: Crop Selection and Planning
pagenum: 39; label: Chapter 9
title: Starting Plants
pagenum: 45; label: Chapter 10
title: Operating a Subscription System Farm
pagenum: 49; label: Chapter 11
title: What's Next?
pagenum: 55; label: Chapter 12
title: Other Things to Talk About
pagenum: 56; label: Appendix A
title: Sources of Materials
pagenum: 59; label: Appendix B
title: Island Meadow Farm Crop Selection and Related Data
pagenum: 60; label: Appendix C
title: The Most Valuable Periodicals
pagenum: 62; label: Appendix D
title: Community Supported Agriculture Resource Organizations
pagenum: 63