The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming

• French edition, Le jardinier-maraicher • has sold over 15,000 copies • Author is founder of les Jardins de la Grelinette in southern Quebec, which is recognized in Canada and internationally as an alternative model for people who want to get established and make a living from small-scale farming • He has been working with Equiterre for over 7 years to establish a network of CSA farms • Author is partnering with FarmStart.ca who will provide extensive support including an author tour • The book will be used as a textbook for workshops helping establish beginning farmers in "incubator" farms. In 2012, these were attended by over 3,000 people • Author's method of farming and for training new farmers has been proven to be highly successful. • Increasingly, people are turning to market gardening as a way to make a living • Organic cropland is growing at 15% in the United States and the Canadian organic market demand has increased 160% since 2006.

© 2014 New Society Publishers (E-bog): 9781550925555

Release date

E-bog: 1. marts 2014