Jean-Martin Fortier, a distinguished author, educator, and proponent of regenerative agriculture on a human scale, has been spearheading a movement in sustainable farming alongside his wife, Maude-Helene Desroches. For over twenty years, their venture, Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an efficient and productive 2-acre microfarm, has thrived on the principles of biointensive agriculture.

In 2015, Jean-Martin established la Ferme des Quatre-Temps, a research farm where he trains apprentices and develops new strategies for market gardening, including year-round production. His methods are taught worldwide through the Market Gardener Masterclass, an online course designed to empower and educate small-scale farmers around the world. He is the founder of Growers & Co., a tool and apparel company which celebrates sustainable, local, and equitable food producers.

Jean-Martin is the author of The Winter Market Gardener and The Market Gardener, which has sold over a quarter of a million copies in nine languages. His contributions to organic farming and regenerative agriculture earned him the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada. He farms and lives in Quebec, Canada.

Publisher's Foreword

Preface

The Fortier Method for a Successful Microfarm

Farming on a Human Scale

Principles of the Method

Steps to Success

Effective Farm Management

Sales and Marketing

Insights from Jean-Martin Fortier

Profiles: A Look at 8 Successful Microfarms

Les Jardins de la Valette, France Sylvain Couderc

Une Ferme du Perche, France Tom Rial

Le Potager des Ducs, France Mathieu Lotz

Les Jardins de la Banquise, France Suzanne Esteve and Antoine Régeard

Azienda Agricola Foradori, Italy Myrtha Zierock

Wilmars Gaerten, Germany Maria Gimenez

La Fermette, Canada Annie-Claude Lauzon and Justine Chouinard

La Microferme des Anges, France Jean-Michel Le Guen

Glossary

About the Authors

Resources and Bibliography

About New Society Publishers