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The complete year-round guide to organic vegetable production for market gardeners and small-scale farmers — now fully revised and updated Sustainable Market Farming is the comprehensive, go-to reference for serious growers in every climate zone. Extensively revised and updated, this brand new, full-color edition is packed with detailed information on everything from planning to harvest, and features in-depth profiles of a full range of crops. This complete practical guide includes: The most current farm-specific planning and organizational skills for running a profitable, successful, and professional enterprise Cutting-edge information describing new and efficient techniques, strategies for season extension, approaches for integrated pest, disease, and weed management, and preferred climate-smart, disease-resistant varieties to add to your repertoire Updated guidelines for improving and maintaining soil quality and finding resilient, regenerative solutions to align farming practices with new environmental challenges Precise growing guides for a cornucopia of vegetables addressing: selection of varieties; soil, water, and fertility requirements; sowing, cultivation, crop rotation, and succession planting; common pests and diseases; harvest and storage; and more. Whether you are a beginning grower, an aspiring market gardener, or an established enterprise seeking to take your operation to the next level, Sustainable Market Farming is the book you will find yourself returning to again and again throughout a long farming career.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Andrew Mefferd Acknowledgements Introduction: Sustaining Community and Agriculture Part I: Techniques Planning Chapter 1: Year-Round Production Chapter 2: Create Your Crop Plan and Field Manual Chapter 3: Crop Review Chapter 4: Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops Chapter 5: Seed Storage, Inventory and Orders Chapter 6: Scheduling Transplants Chapter 7: How Much to Grow Planting Chapter 8: Crop Spacing Chapter 9: Transplanting Tips Chapter 10: Direct Sowing Chapter 11: Hot Weather Germination of Seeds Chapter 12: Succession Planting for Continuous Harvesting Sustainable Crop Protection Chapter 13: Season Extension Chapter 14: Mulches, Organic and Plastic Chapter 15: Cold-Hardy Winter Vegetables Chapter 16: Growing Vegetables Year-Round in a Hoophouse Soil and Crop Quality Chapter 17: Maintaining Soil Fertility Chapter 18: Drip Irrigation Chapter 19: Cover Crops Chapter 20: Cover Crops Chart Chapter 21: Sustainable Disease Management Chapter 22: Sustainable Weed Management Chapter 23: Sustainable Pest Management Harvest and Beyond Chapter 24: Manual Harvesting Techniques Chapter 25: Winter Vegetable Storage Chapter 26: Root Cellars Part II: Crops Legumes Chapter 27: Snap Beans (Bush and Pole) Chapter 28: Southern Peas, Asparagus Beans and Limas Chapter 29: Fava Beans (Broad Beans) Chapter 30: Edamame Chapter 31: Snap Peas and Snow Peas Chapter 32: Peanuts Brassicas Chapter 33: Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale. Kohlrabi and Collards in Spring Chapter 34: Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Fall Chapter 35: Asian Greens Other Greens Chapter 36: Spinach Chapter 37: Chard and Other Summer Greens Chapter 38: Lettuce All Year Round Roots Chapter 39: Carrots, Beets and Parsnips Chapter 40: Celery and Celeriac Chapter 41: Radishes for All Seasons Chapter 42: Turnips and Rutabagas Cucurbits Chapter 43: Summer Squash and Zucchini Chapter 44: Winter Squash and Pumpkins Chapter 45: Cucumbers and Muskmelons Chapter 46: Watermelons Alliums Chapter 47: Garlic Chapter 48: Bulb Onions Chapter 49: Potato Onions Chapter 50: Leeks Chapter 51: Unusual Alliums Nightshades Chapter 52: Tomatoes Chapter 53: Peppers Chapter 54: Eggplant Chapter 55: Potatoes The Orphan Crops Chapter 56: Okra Chapter 57: Sweet Corn Chapter 58: Sweet Potatoes Chapter 59: Asparagus Seed Crop Production Chapter 60: Seed Growing Chapter 61: The Business of Seed Crops by Ira Wallace Resources Index About the Author


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781774060018
  • Publisher: New Society Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: New Society Publishers
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1774060019
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 640
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 1244 gr


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