Sustainable market farming : intensive vegetable production on a few acres / Pam Dawling ; foreword by Lynn Byczynski.

Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their famil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dawling, Pam
Language:English
Published: Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, [2013], ©2013.
Subjects:
Vegetable gardening.
Organic farming.
Sustainable agriculture.
Physical Description:xii, 435 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Market farming.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Planning
  • Planting
  • Sustainable crop protection
  • Soil and crop quality
  • Harvest and beyond
  • Legumes
  • Brassicas
  • Other greens
  • Roots
  • Cucurbits
  • Alliums
  • Nightshades
  • The others
  • Seed crop production.