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grow Soil , Biodiversity , and Nutrient - Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management
Beth DoughertyShawn Dougherty
Paperback
$ 39.95
With in - depth information on galvanising fence , watering , and husbandry for ruminant , poultry , and pig , plus butchering , dairying , and more
“ If we mold hard , we sleep well . ”
Twenty year ago , when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the domain they would come to name the Sow ’s capitulum , the state of Ohio designate it “ not suited for husbandry . ” Today , their family raise and grows 90 % of their own food .
Such ego - enough is largely the outcome of ground their farming practices around intensive grazing land direction . pioneer by such luminaries as Allan Savory , Greg Judy , and Joel Salatin , the dogma of holistic grazing — employed mostly by larger - scale leaf commercial-grade military operation — have been adapt by the Doughertys to tally their family ’s needs . InThe Independent Farmstead , The Sow ’s Ear model for regenerating the land and growing food—“the best you ever tasted”—is elucidated for others to practice and build upon .
In witty and welcoming style , The Independent Farmsteadcovers everything from choosing a coinage of ruminant and incorporating it into a grass - establish system to innovative galvanising fence and lacrimation organisation , to what to do with all of the milk , kernel , and , yes , manure that the self - sustaining farm create . Within these pages , the Doughertys discuss how to :
As the Doughertys write , more and more multitude today are feeling “ the desire for sporty , affordable food , unmodified , unprocessed , and unmedicated and the security of local nutrient source for ourselves and our kid . ”The Independent Farmsteadis a must - have resourcefulness for those who matter themselves as part of this movement : both new and prospective farmers and squatter , and those who are interested in switch to grass - base organization . Best of all it ’s the kind of rarefied how - to book that the authors themselves view not as a compendium of one - sizing - fits - all instructions but as “ the commencement of a conversation , ” one that is utterly informative , sincere , and inspiring .
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