Your Successful Farm Business (Book Review)

 Joel Salatin illuminates the path of successful farm entrepreneurship with his articulation of the common threads of success for beginning farmers and what makes a farmer thrive. “Twenty years ago Joel Salatin wrote You Can Farm, which has launched thousands of farm entrepreneurs around the world. With another 20 years of experience under his belt, bringing him to the half-century mark as a full-time farmer, he decided to build on that foundation with a sequel, a graduate level curriculum. Everyone who reads and enjoys that previous work will benefit from this additional information. In those 20 years, Polyface Farm progressed from a small family operation to a 20-person, 6,000-customer, 50-restaurant business, all without sales targets, government grants, or an off-farm nest egg. As a germination tray for new farmers ready to take over the 50 percent of America's agricultural equity that will become available over the next two decades, Polyface Farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley stands as a beacon of hope in a food and farming system floundering in dysfunction: toxicity, pathogenicity, nutrient deficiency, bankruptcy, geezers, and erosion. Speaking into that fear and confusion, Salatin offers a pathway to success, with production, profit, and pleasure thrown in for good measure.” 

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Ecovillage Library beginner's reading list: 1.  Permaculture A Designer’s Manual: https://amzn.to/2JQ83ja 2. The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: https://amzn.to/2YAe5I3 3. Nature and the Human Soul: https://amzn.to/2TEVB5n 4. The Hand-Sculpted House: https://amzn.to/2HLnLKx 5. Holistic Management: https://amzn.to/2HMNnXu 6. The Art of Living: https://amzn.to/2V4oJo9 7. A New Earth: https://amzn.to/2HMNN00 8. Creating a Life Together: https://amzn.to/2TFZwiw =================================== About Christopher Kinney: Christopher Kinney works in the field of civil engineering and sustainable development and has worked with over 30+ communities around the world in the areas of water resources, natural building, sustainable agricultural systems, renewable energy, appropriate technology ecological footprint analysis and ecovillage design. Music Credit: Strivers by tubebackr | https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com