The woman hobby farmer : female guidance for growing food, raising livestock, and building a farm-based business /

Lanier, Karen, 1975-

The woman hobby farmer : female guidance for growing food, raising livestock, and building a farm-based business / Karen Lanier. - 238 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231) and index.

Assessments -- Taking care of your farm -- Taking care of yourself -- Harvest and share the bounty -- Good teacher, good student -- Lessons learned -- Integrating farm and life.

With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karen Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience into its pages, featuring interviews with and answers from a diverse group of women, including an organic farmer, a goat farmer, an urban farmer, an herbalist, a creator or a sustainable community and more.--Back cover.

9781620082607 1620082608

2017013667


Women farmers.
Farms, Small--United States.
Farm management--United States.

HD6077 / .L36 2017

HD6077 / .L36 2017

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