Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book provides a thoughtful and compelling case for a new form of sustainable agriculture. In a series of well-written, highly readable essays, the authors lay out the philosophical, historical, social, economic, and even spiritual groundwork for the future of farming. Farms of Tomorrow -- Revisited is an update of the original, published in 1990, which was translated into Japanese, Russian, and Korean. It has the same underlying precept -- that farming is not just a business, but a precondition for life on earth -- tempered by seven years of additional experience and six new essays.
Synopsis
This timely sequel to the popular inspirational blueprint for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is set to guide this rapidly growing movement to the next stage of its development. The authors provide very practical examples and information that will be of service to growers and shareholders alike without losing sight of the heart and excitement that makes CSA central to the renewal of agriculture.
Added to the material from the original edition are two new essays by Trauger Groh dealing with the economic, legal and spiritual questions surrounding the CSA movement, and the role of domestic animals on CSA farms, while Steven McFadden contributes several new pieces on the context and scope of community farms. New profiles of five farms are included, and the farm -biographies- from the 1990 first edition are reprinted and updated with reports on their present situations and lessons learned during the intervening years.
Expanded appendices provide suggestions for starting CSA farms, look at the issues surrounding the acquisition and holding of land, illustrate sample farm prospects and budgets, and offer lengthy lists of resources and suggestions for additional reading.