{"product_id":"9780865717169","title":"Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross 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, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Market Farming\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Market Farming\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePam Dawling\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor with \u003ci\u003eGrowing for Market\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022240334064,"sku":"9780865717169","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865717169_p0.jpg?v=1763833470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865717169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}