Whole-Farm Planning Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values, and Economics |
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| Author:
| Henderson, Elizabeth
North, Karl |
| Illustrator:
| Langer, Jocelyn |
| Series title: | Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60358-356-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Chelsea Green Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $12.95USD $16.50 |
Book Description:
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Why do whole-farming planning? What makes it more effective than other ways of managing farms? The answers to these questions lie in a quiet rediscovery through science that is fundamentally changing the way modern humans see and must manage the world.
The goal of this whole-farm planning manual is to reintroduce a macroscopic method of making and testing decisions on the farm and in larger wholes in which we live. This NOFA guide has information on:
Why do whole-farming planning? What makes it more effective than other ways of managing farms? The answers to these questions lie in a quiet rediscovery through science that is fundamentally changing the way modern humans see and must manage the world.
The goal of this whole-farm planning manual is to reintroduce a macroscopic method of making and testing decisions on the farm and in larger wholes in which we live. This NOFA guide has information on:
- Lessons from systems science (including tools)
- Assessing the whole farm (what are we managing? the people, physical and mental assets, money)
- Understanding the farm ecosystems (the water and mineral cycles, dynamics of the biological community, the energy flow)
- Choosing appropriate tools
- Making a framework to test decisions
Including examples and statements from practicing farmers, and more holistic resources and alternative business models.