Your Successful Farm Business: Production, Profit, Pleasure (Unabridged)
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Twenty years ago, Joel Salatin wrote You Can Farm, which has launched thousands of farm entrepreneurs around the world. With another 20 years of experience under his belt, bringing him to the half-century mark as a full-time farmer, he decided to build on that foundation with a sequel, a graduate level curriculum.
Everyone who reads (or listens to), and enjoys that previous work, will benefit from this additional information. In those 20 years, Polyface Farm progressed from a small family operation to a 20-person, 6,000-customer, 50-restaurant business, all without sales targets, government grants, or an off-farm nest egg.
As a germination tray for new farmers ready to take over the 50 percent of America's agricultural equity that will become available over the next two decades, Polyface Farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley stands as a beacon of hope in a food and farming system floundering in dysfunction: toxicity, pathogenicity, nutrient deficiency, bankruptcy, geezers, and erosion. Speaking into that fear and confusion, Salatin offers a pathway to success, with production, profit, and pleasure thrown in for good measure. This brand-new audio edition is wonderfully narrated by the author.
Customer Reviews
Excellent Book
I enjoyed the book and the narration by Salatin. You definitely want to read You Can Farm first. This book builds off that one in 2 main ways (it seems to me). First, it offers more advanced business tips that are especially useful as you increase the scale of your business. Second, he provides some thoughts on farming today in light of changes that have taken place since he wrote You Can Farm, most notably how the internet, social media, and electronic gadgets have changed the farm business landscape. I think it’s a great book, but I enjoyed You Can Farm more.