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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

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Subject: [Market Farming] Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard
to Small-Acreage in Partnership with the Earth
Date:   Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:03 -0700
From:   Eric Gibson <list@nwpub.net>
Reply-To: Market Farming, micro to broadacre <marketfarming@lists.ibiblio.org>
To:     <marketfarming@lists.ibiblio.org>

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/Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small-Acreage in
Partnership with the Earth /


There is a quiet revolution happening in our time: the emergence of
“microfarms” on tiny acreages that achieve astounding yields of organic
produce and provide a better-tasting alternative to the products of big
agri-business. “Micro eco-farmers” across the nation are profiting from
small acreages to small-town backyards. Their livelihoods restore the
planet while creating an abundance of healthy products produced in very
small spaces.


/Micro Eco-Farming/ details how the new micro eco-farmers succeed, how
they start “with nothing,” what traits they share, and what secrets they
know. The examples covered in the book emphasize farms from fractions of
an acre to five acres that earn full-time income for at least one adult.
In addition to presenting close-ups of those who are actually
succeeding, Micro Eco-Farming also provides a treasury of what you can
grow, what farming methods you can use, what animals you might like to
choose from, and how the farmers reach their markets in surprisingly
creative, new ways. The book outlines the emerging new sustainable
production methods that span all forms of sustainable small farming, no
matter what is grown or where the location, and distills the methods
that have increased production on small ground from double to up to 40
times that of conventional growing.



Hundreds of real-life examples are presented with ideas, resources and
methods for all who aspire to create their own micro eco-farm: from
wild-grazed mini dairies, backyard gourmet restaurant gardens, homegrown
organic spa products, “u-gather” nut groves, front-yard cut-flower
stands, heritage rose farms, children’s and holiday farms, urban
greenhouses, farm and cottage industry partnerships, miniature Shetland
sheep with 11 natural colors of wool, herbs and flowers for healing,
exotic and heirloom perfume melons, connoisseur apple orchards, ethnic
personal chef gardens, old-fashioned farm festivals, native and wild
edible farms, to mail-order farm crafts and more.



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including free downloads of the entire first chapter and the Resources
section of the book.



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Eric Gibson

New World Publishing

www.nwpub.net