The woman hobby farmer : female guidance for growing food, raising livestock, and building a farm-based business / Karen Lanier.
Material type: TextPublisher: Mount Joy, PA : CompanionHouse Books, [2017]Description: 238 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781620082607
- 1620082608
- HD6077 .L36 2017
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | S501.2 .L26 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800167520 |
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.