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Recommended Books

Research/Education: The following books are the best available.


Production - Crops

  How To Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine,
John Jeavons [English, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Kiswahili]
  Four Seasons Harvest, Elliot Coleman
  New Organic Grower, Elliot Coleman
  Backyard Market Gardening, A Lee
  Organic Manual, H Garrett
  Dirt Doctor's Guide To Organic Gardening, H Garrett
  Tools [hand] for Agriculture, [ITDP]
Natural Pest Control, A Lopez
  Small Scale Grain Raising, G Logsdon
  How To Become An Organic Gardener, Barrett
  One Straw Revolution, M Fukuoka
  Sustainable Ag - Directory of Expertise
  Lazy Bed Gardening, J Jeavons [beginner]
Organic Gardener's Composting, S Soloman
  Cold Weather Gardening, F Ours
  Farmer's Earthworm Handbook
  Farmer's Guide To The Internet
  Solar Gardening, L Poisson
  Integrated Agriculture - Aquaculture Kit, [tropical]
  Biointensive Food Production Kit, [tropical] [English, Spanish]
  Regenerative Technologies Kit, [tropical] [English, Spanish, Nepal]
  Low-External-Input Rice Production Kit, [tropical]
  Agroforestry Kit, [tropical]
  Cover Crops/Green Manure, [tropical] [Spanish]


Production - Livestock

Chicken Tractor, A Lee
Raising Your Own Livestock, C Weisburd
Raising Small Livestock, J Belanger
Salad Bar Beef, J Salitin
Pastured Poultry Profits, J Salitin
Organic vs Chemicals: From The Good Earth, M Ableman
Garden-Ville Method, M Beck


Marketing

Sell What You Sow, E Gibson
Small Commercial Garden, D Haakenson
Metrofarm, M Olson
Grower's Guide To Successful Produce Marketing, E. Gibson





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