The woman hobby farmer : female guidance for growing food, raising livestock, and building a farm-based business / Karen Lanier.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Mount Joy, PA : CompanionHouse Books, [2017]Description: 238 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781620082607
- 1620082608
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Celebrate the role of women in taking homes and family back to self-sufficiency and farm living, and learn the skills needed to go back to basics. Hobby farming is alive and thriving in semi-rural, suburban, and rural areas across the country, and women farmers have been cited as the fastest growing sector within the farming community in recent years. Here you'll find: *The who, what, why, and where of hobby farming *Deciding on your farming goals and making a plan *What to expect in your new endeavor *How to decide what to plant and prepare your planting sites *Advice on feeding, caring for, and housing different types of livestock *A look at running and marketing your hobby farm as a successful business *Stories, quotes, and advice from successful female hobby farmers *And more! With more than 1 million women in the United States and Canada describing farming as their primary source of income, and many more for whom hobby farming is really just a hobby, the time is right for a publication dedicated to hobby farming from a female perspective. Written for women by a woman, this insightful volume is packed with stories and advice from women hobby farmers and looks at female-specific farming challenges as well as issues that all farmers face.
Subtitle from cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231) and index.
Assessments -- Taking care of your farm -- Taking care of yourself -- Harvest and share the bounty -- Good teacher, good student -- Lessons learned -- Integrating farm and life.
With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience into its pages, featuring interviews with and answers from a diverse group of women, including an organic farmer, a goat farmer, an urban farmer, an herbalist, a creator or a sustainable community and more.--Back cover.