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Dougherty, Shawn, 1960-
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Rotational grazing.
Permaculture.
Organic farming.
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Dougherty, Shawn, 1960-
Rotational grazing.
Permaculture.
Organic farming.
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The independent farmstead : growing soil, biodiversity, and nutrient-dense food with grassfed animals and intensive pasture management / Shawn and Beth Dougherty.
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Dougherty, Shawn, 1960-
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016,
Call #:
631
.584
D732i
Subjects
Rotational grazing.
Permaculture.
Organic farming.
ISBN:
9781603586221 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Growing soil, biodiversity, and nutrient-dense food with grassfed animals and intensive pasture management
Description:
x, 321 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sow's Ear, the state of Ohio designated it 'not suitable for agriculture.' Today, their family raises and grows 90 percent of their own food on that very land. 'The Independent Farmstead' reveals how such self-sufficiency is largely the result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture management. Pioneered by such luminaries as Allan Savory, Greg Judy, and Joel Salatin, the tenets of holistic grazing -- employed mostly by larger-scale commercial operations -- have been adapted by the Doughertys to fit their family's needs. In this book, the Sow's Ear model for regenerating the land and growing food -- 'the best you ever tasted' -- is elucidated for others to use and build upon. The book covers everything from choosing a species of ruminant and incorporating it into a grass-based system to innovative electric fencing and watering systems, to what to do with all of the milk, meat, and, yes, manure that the self-sustaining farm produces. (...)"--From publisher.
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