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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Chelsea Green Publishing - The Lean Farm
  • Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:39:23 -0400

http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-lean-farm
The Lean Farm How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize
Value and Profits with Less Work
By Ben Hartman <http://www.chelseagreen.com/events?person=9063>
- See more at:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-lean-farm#sthash.RVcNaTWw.dpuf

*A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming
operation*

To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same
sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same
sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots.
Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that
incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can
drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms
more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean
system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in
every aspect of the farm operation, *The Lean Farm* makes the case that
small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who
are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not
harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often
encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor.

Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are
now being followed on progressive farms around the world. Using examples
from his own family’s one-acre community-supported farm in Indiana, Hartman
clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices
in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting
crops to training employees and selling goods. While the intended audience
for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food
movement, Hartman’s prescriptions for high-value, low-cost production apply
to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness
the power of lean in their production processes.
- See more at:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-lean-farm#sthash.RVcNaTWw.dpuf
Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman grew up on a corn and soybean farm in Indiana and graduated
college with degrees in English and philosophy. Ben and his wife, Rachel
Hershberger, own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, where
they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on less than one
acre. Their food is sold locally to restaurants and cafeterias, at a
farmers market, and through a community-supported-agriculture (CSA)
program. The farm has twice won Edible Michiana’s Reader’s Choice award.
- See more at:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-lean-farm#sthash.RVcNaTWw.dpuf




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