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How to Get Small , Embrace Local , Live easily , and process Less
Ben Hartman
Paperback
$ 34.95
“ Ben Hartman is a true innovator for the humble farm . ”—Curtis Stone , author ofThe Urban FarmerIt ’s prison term to retrieve big about minuscule farm . honour - winning author and “ green leader ” ( Grist ) Ben Hartman shares practical how - to tips , personal stories , and surprising instance of cutting - edge Farmer and trailblazer around the globe to show us how .
In the early 1970s , US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz infamously commanded Fannie Farmer to “ get big or get out . ” InThe Lean Micro Farm , author Ben Hartman spurn that black suggestion and rather takes up the charge of the late agricultural creative thinker Gene Logsdon : “ Get small and stay in . ”
ask brainchild from the groundbreaking ideas of E. F. Schumacher and Mahatma Gandhi , The Lean Micro Farmshows how small , hyperlocal farms can be both ecologically and economically superior to industrial - scale surgery pitch toward export and trade good securities industry . The Lean Micro Farmdetails the writer ’s remarkable journey to downsize his farm from one Akko to a third of an Akko in an effort to prioritize family and community over workplace , all without take a pay cut . In accession , Hartman profiles six advanced farmers from across the globe who embody this “ get small ” mindset . These open up husbandman show all of us a route toward resiliency in the face of supply chain disruption , globalization , and clime change . They posture a gentler , more ecological approach to farming that produces less wasteanduses less plastic , petroleum , and fertilizer .
Like his old two book , The Lean FarmandThe Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables , Hartman’sThe Lean Micro Farmdoesn’t just explain why small is better , it shows readers exactly how it can be done with step - by - stone’s throw guides on how to turn a net profit from a tiny , but productive , parcel of tilled land . Readers will find not just philosophic justification for a minimalist approach to agribusiness but also actionable selective information for starting your own profitable micro farm , let in :
It ’s sentence , Hartman makes clean , to pivot to a newfangled kind of farming — one that builds upon ancestral knowledge , nourishes community , and puts human joyfulness , not engineering , at its center . “Hartman has revolutionized his methods , abridge down his work hours dramatically , and shrink the size of his farm , all while arrive at a better income . ”—Civil chuck
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