The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Manag

Sharing their mistakes and lessons, the Dougherty’s argue that the secret to operating and living on a farmstead that is not dependent on inputs from the industrial economy is grass. This permaculture, growing on more than 40% of the planet’s land mass, can collect solar energy so that cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and poultry can harvest their dinners, they say, and humans can harvest the animals in turn. They cover the farm; the land; water; grass; fence; ruminants; the dairy; poultry; the pig; milk, meat, and manure--the solar harvest; and the independent farmstead. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)