Synopses & Reviews
Keith Stewart addresses everything you need to know to successfully grow and market organic vegetables and herbs, covering land, equipment, crop mix, growing techniques, irrigation, soil fertility, pests, greenhouses, harvesting, storage, labor, debt, customer management, sales, accounting, and much more. With this comprehensive guide, you can turn your dream of a thriving farm into a profitable reality.
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"Keith Stewart has written a veritable handbook for beginning farmers.
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"This book tells you everything you need to know to get an organic vegetable farm up and running... practical information is enhanced with accounts of Keith's own experience and the stories of other growers around the country.
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"Amust-read for anybody thinking about starting a farm or who is interested in the nuts and bolts of running a successful organic farm to market business.
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"With 25 years under his belt as an organic farmer, Stewart has plenty of hard-earned expertise to draw on in this comprehensive, well-designed guidebook to growing ecologically safe herbs and vegetables." Fedco Seeds
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"Whether you're buying your first farm property, planning a transition from kitchen gardener to market grower, or looking for ways to improve your existing farm operation, Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables and Herbs for Market is an invaluable addition to your farmstead library."
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"This book could be a template for any new and beginner farmer education curriculum.
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"I felt like I was attending an excellent college lecture and discussion series, and I am sure this book will become required reading in many a sustainable ag class."
Synopsis
A successful vegetable farm depends on business smarts -- accounting, marketing, customer service -- as much as planting and harvesting skills. Keith Stewart's practical advice and detailed in-the-field instruction guide you through every part of professional farming, from mapping your fields to designing a farmers' market stand.
About the Author
Keith Stewart is a NOFA-NY certified organic vegetable grower in Westtown, New York, who has been selling to the NYC Union Square Greenmarket since it began. Keith’s garlic has been called “the most soulful garlic on earth” by Time Out New York. The New York Times said, “Keith’s farm grows garlic from another planet compared with the stuff in supermarkets.” He is the author of It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life. His essays appear in The Valley Table, “the Hudson Valley’s only magazine devoted to regional farms, food, and cuisine.”
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: In the Beginning
1 Thinking About Becoming a Farmer?
2 Looking for a Place of Your Own
3 The Farm Plan