Fields of farmers : interning, mentoring, partnering, germinating /
Salatin, Joel.
Fields of farmers : interning, mentoring, partnering, germinating / by Joel Salatin. - 1st ed. - Swoope, Va. : Polyface Inc., ©2013. - xviii, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What's the big deal? : The need ; The field classroom -- Especially for mentors : Wages ; Mindset ; Skills ; Investing in people -- Especially for interns : Cost ; Spirit -- How it works : Vetting and selecting ; Nuts and bolts ; Housing ; Leveraging the labor ; This isn't working -- Future farming success : Accessing land ; Germinating new farmers ; Food clusters ; Stacking.
The aging farmer phenomenon is new and presents both unprecedented crisis and opportunity. Opening his heart and life, Joel Salatin uses his Polyface Farm experience to encouraged multi-generational farm relationships and germinate a new generation of young farmers.
0963810979 9780963810977
2013912674
016503602 Uk
Family farms.
Farm management.
Farms, Small.
New agricultural enterprises.
Organic farming.
Sustainable agriculture.
Fields of farmers : interning, mentoring, partnering, germinating / by Joel Salatin. - 1st ed. - Swoope, Va. : Polyface Inc., ©2013. - xviii, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What's the big deal? : The need ; The field classroom -- Especially for mentors : Wages ; Mindset ; Skills ; Investing in people -- Especially for interns : Cost ; Spirit -- How it works : Vetting and selecting ; Nuts and bolts ; Housing ; Leveraging the labor ; This isn't working -- Future farming success : Accessing land ; Germinating new farmers ; Food clusters ; Stacking.
The aging farmer phenomenon is new and presents both unprecedented crisis and opportunity. Opening his heart and life, Joel Salatin uses his Polyface Farm experience to encouraged multi-generational farm relationships and germinate a new generation of young farmers.
0963810979 9780963810977
2013912674
016503602 Uk
Family farms.
Farm management.
Farms, Small.
New agricultural enterprises.
Organic farming.
Sustainable agriculture.