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35%OFFBeth Dougherty - The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management - 9781603586221 - V9781603586221
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The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management

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Description for The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Full colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: TVB; TVF; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 261 x 31. Weight in Grams: 932.
With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more If we work hard, we sleep well. Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sow's Ear, the state of Ohio designated it not suitable for agriculture. Today, their family raises and grows 90% of their own food. Such self-sufficiency is largely the result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture management. Pioneered by ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
932g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
White River Junction, United States
ISBN
9781603586221
SKU
V9781603586221
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About Beth Dougherty
Shawn and Beth Dougherty have been farming together for over thirty years, the last twenty in eastern Ohio on their home farm, the Sow's Ear, where they and their children raise grass, dairy and beef cows, sheep, pigs, and poultry. They identify intensive grass management as the point of union between good stewardship and good food. Their ongoing goal is ... Read more

Reviews for The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management
Modern Farmer- Shawn and Beth Dougherty divulge how they used intensive pasture management to transform 24 seemingly uncultivable Ohio acres into a thriving livestock and vegetable operation capable of feeding their family of 10. Expect clear-eyed advice on rotational grazing methods, improving soil fertility, and much more. Library Journal, Starred Review- ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management


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