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Fruitful Labor: The Ecology, Economy, and Practice of a Family Farm (New Farmer Library)

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As the average age of The united states’s farmers continues to rise, we are facing serious questions about what farming will look like in the near future, and who will be growing our food. Many younger people are interested in going into agriculture, especially organic farming, but cannot find affordable land, or lack the conceptual framework and practical information they want to succeed in a job that may be both difficult and deeply fulfilling.

In Fruitful Labor, Mike Madison meticulously describes the ecology of his own small family farm in the Sacramento Valley of California. He covers issues of crop ecology such as soil fertility, irrigation needs, and species interactions, in addition to the broader agroecological issues of the social, economic, regulatory, and technological environments in which the farm operates. The final section includes an extensive analysis of sustainability on each level.

Pithy, readable, and highly relevant, this book covers both the ecology and the economy of a really sustainable agriculture. Despite the fact that Madison’s farm is unique, the broad lessons he has gleaned from his more than three decades as an organic farmer will resonate strongly with the new generation of farmers who work the land, wherever they might live.

*This book is a part of Chelsea Green Publishing’s NEW FARMER LIBRARY series, where we collect innovative ideas, hard-earned wisdom, and practical advice from pioneers of the ecological farming movement―for the next generation. The series is a collection of proven techniques and philosophies from experienced voices committed to deep organic, small-scale, regenerative farming. Each and every book in the series offers the new farmer essential tips, inspiration, and first-hand knowledge of what it takes to grow food close to the land. 

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