TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dougherty,Shawn
AU  - Dougherty,Beth
TI  - The independent farmstead: growing soil, biodiversity, and nutrient-dense food with grassfed animals and intensive pasture management 
SN  - 9781603586221 (pbk.)
PY  - 2016///
CY  - White River Junction, Vermont
PB  - Chelsea Green Publishing
KW  - Rotational grazing
KW  - Permaculture
KW  - Organic farming
N1  - Includes index; The farm -- The land -- Water -- Grass -- Fence -- Ruminants -- The dairy -- Poultry -- The pig -- Milk, meat, and manure - the solar harvest -- The independent farmstead
N2  - Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sow's Ear, the state of Ohio designated it "not suitable for agriculture." Today, their family raises and grows 90% of their own food.  Such self-sufficiency is largely the result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture management. Pioneered by such luminaries as Allan Savory, Greg Judy, and Joel Salatin, the tenets of holistic grazing -- employed mostly by larger-scale commercial operations -- have been adapted by the Doughertys to fit their family's needs. In The Independent Farmstead, The Sow's Ear model for regenerating the land and growing food --“the best you ever tasted” -- is elucidated for others to use and build upon.  In witty and welcoming style, The Independent Farmstead covers everything from choosing a species of ruminant and incorporating it into a grass-based system to innovative electric fencing and watering systems, to what to do with all of the milk, meat, and, yes, manure that the self-sustaining farm produces.--COVER
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