Sustainable Market Farming

Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres

Pam Dawling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2013
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-716-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Growing for 100 -- the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower.

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Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres.
Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: * Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage * Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties * Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement. Pam Dawling is a contributing editor with Growing for Market magazine. An avid vegetable grower, she has been farming as a member of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia for over twenty years, where she helps grow food for around one hundred people on three and a half acres, and provides training in sustainable vegetable production.

Autor

Pam Dawling is a contributing editor with Growing For Market magazine. An avid vegetable grower for 38 years, she has been farming as a member of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia for over 20 years, where she helps grow food for around 100 people on three and a half acres and provides training in sustainable vegetable production. Pam's farming experience includes caring for cows, sheep, goats, pigs, bees, chickens, ducks and geese; growing small acreages of wheat, barley, oats, field beans and hay, using old farm implements, and growing and cooking more than sixty different kinds of vegetables and fruits.

Inhalt

Foreword by Lynn Byczynski
Introduction: Sustaining Community and Agriculture

PART 1: TECHNIQUES

Planning



Year-Round Production
Create Your Own Field Manual
Crop Review
Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
Seed Storage, Inventory and Orders
Scheduling Transplants
How Much to Grow

Planting



Crop Spacing
Transplanting Tips
Direct Sowing
Summer Germination of Seeds
Succession Planting for Continuous Harvesting

Sustainable Crop Protection



Season Extension
Cold-Hardy Winter Vegetables
The Hoophouse in Winter and Spring
The Hoophouse in Summer

Soil and Crop Quality



Maintaining Soil Fertility
Cover Crops
Cover Crops Chart
Sustainable Disease Management
Sustainable Weed Management
Sustainable Pest Management

Harvest and Beyond



Manual Harvesting Techniques
Winter Vegetable Storage (Without Refrigeration)
Root Cellars

PART 2: CROPS

Legumes



Green Beans
Southern Peas, Asparagus Beans and Limas
Fava Beans
Edamame
Snap Peas and Snow Peas
Peanuts

Brassicas



Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Spring
Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Fall
Asian Greens

Other Greens



Spinach
Chard and Other Summer Cooking Greens
Lettuce All Year Round

Roots



Carrots, Beets and Parsnips
Celery and Celeriac
Turnips and Rutabagas

Cucurbits



Summer Squash and Zucchini
Winter Squash and Pumpkins
Cucumbers and Muskmelons
Watermelon

Alliums



Garlic
Bulb Onions
Potato Onions
Leeks

Nightshades



Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplant
Potatoes

The Others



Okra
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes

Seed Crop Production



Seed Growing
The Business of Seed Crops by Ira Wallace

Resources
Index
About The Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.2.2013
• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 203 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 875 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-86571-716-8 / 0865717168
• ISBN-13: 978-0-86571-716-9 / 9780865717169
• Zustand: Neuware