Ebook: Making your small farm profitable: apply 25 guiding principles, develop new crops & new markets, maximize net profits per acre

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Getting Started; 1. Deciding to Farm; What Is a Small Farm?; Becoming a Farmer; The Farming Life; Agripreneurship; 2. Starting a Farm; Starting a Farm Plan; Evaluating Your Resources; Getting Help; II. Farming; 3. Some Principles of Good Farming; 4. A Living, Healthy Soil; The Physical Nature of Soil; Working the Soil; Our Living Soil; Soil and Plant Roots; Crop Rotation; Cover Crops and Green Manure; Nitrogen and Legumes; Feeding Livestock in Rotations; 5. Weatherproofing Your Farm; The Effects of Climate; Water; Altering Your Farm Environment.;This practical, step-by-step guide to operating a small farm in the new millennium examines 20 alternative farming enterprises. Readers will learn how to target niche markets and sustain a farm's biological and economic health.