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Build a Complete Plan for Your Small Farm
Based on the acclaimed curriculum from the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, this guidebook provides a complete program for starting, growing, and maintaining a farm business. Drawings on the experience and insights of 12 contributing authors and 16 farmers from across North America, it offers a holistic apporach to farm management, addressing the interconnected elements of the farm system and emphasizing sustainable, organic methods.
Rural and urban enterprisers alike will learn about:
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
Based on the acclaimed curriculum from the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, this guidebook provides a complete program for starting, growing, and maintaining a farm business. Drawings on the experience and insights of 12 contributing authors and 16 farmers from across North America, it offers a holistic apporach to farm management, addressing the interconnected elements of the farm system and emphasizing sustainable, organic methods.
Rural and urban enterprisers alike will learn about:
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
Build a Complete Plan for Your Small Farm
Based on the acclaimed curriculum from the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, this guidebook provides a complete program for starting, growing, and maintaining a farm business. Drawings on the experience and insights of 12 contributing authors and 16 farmers from across North America, it offers a holistic apporach to farm management, addressing the interconnected elements of the farm system and emphasizing sustainable, organic methods.
Rural and urban enterprisers alike will learn about:
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
Based on the acclaimed curriculum from the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, this guidebook provides a complete program for starting, growing, and maintaining a farm business. Drawings on the experience and insights of 12 contributing authors and 16 farmers from across North America, it offers a holistic apporach to farm management, addressing the interconnected elements of the farm system and emphasizing sustainable, organic methods.
Rural and urban enterprisers alike will learn about:
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
Über den Autor
Garry Owen Stephenson, PhD, is the director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, an alternative agriculture program at Oregon State University that focuses on small-scale organic/sustainable agriculture through its Extension Small Farms Program. He is the editor of Oregon Small Farm News and has 30 years’ experience working in an extension education and research role with farmers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Growing a Farm
The Big Picture
What Is This Book About?
The Chapters
The Farmers
Dream It: Strategic Planning
Whole Farm Planning
Human Resources
Creating an Identity for Your Farm
Natural Resources
Building the Whole Farm Plan
Dream It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Goodfoot Farm, Slow Hand Farm
Do It: Farm Infrastructure, Labor, and Energy
Equipment and Infrastructure
Season-Extension Equipment for Vegetables and Berries
Irrigation Equipment and Infrastructure
Farm Labor
Farm Energy
Do It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Good Work Farm, Kiyokawa Family Orchards
Sell It: Markets and Marketing
What Is a Market?
Marketing Strategy
Direct Market Techniques for Small Farms
Market Planning
Sell It: Keys to Success
Profiles: Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, Vanguard Ranch
Manage It: Business Management for the Farm
Goal Setting and Budgeting
Record Keeping
Financial Statements
Analysis
Manage It: Putting It All Together
Profile: Blue Fox Farm
Grow It: Managing the Whole Farm Ecosystem
Planning and Intervention
The Farm Ecosystem
Managing the Farm Ecosystem
Key Practices in Sustainable Agriculture
Grow It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Sweet Home Farms, Rainshadow Organics
Keep It: Entrepreneurship, Family Business Dynamics, and Managing Risk
Entrepreneurship
Business Structures
Family Business Dynamics
Licenses and Regulations
Risk Management
Reality Check: Running a Small Farm Business
The Authors
Appendixes
Source Citations
Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index
Introduction: Growing a Farm
The Big Picture
What Is This Book About?
The Chapters
The Farmers
Dream It: Strategic Planning
Whole Farm Planning
Human Resources
Creating an Identity for Your Farm
Natural Resources
Building the Whole Farm Plan
Dream It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Goodfoot Farm, Slow Hand Farm
Do It: Farm Infrastructure, Labor, and Energy
Equipment and Infrastructure
Season-Extension Equipment for Vegetables and Berries
Irrigation Equipment and Infrastructure
Farm Labor
Farm Energy
Do It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Good Work Farm, Kiyokawa Family Orchards
Sell It: Markets and Marketing
What Is a Market?
Marketing Strategy
Direct Market Techniques for Small Farms
Market Planning
Sell It: Keys to Success
Profiles: Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, Vanguard Ranch
Manage It: Business Management for the Farm
Goal Setting and Budgeting
Record Keeping
Financial Statements
Analysis
Manage It: Putting It All Together
Profile: Blue Fox Farm
Grow It: Managing the Whole Farm Ecosystem
Planning and Intervention
The Farm Ecosystem
Managing the Farm Ecosystem
Key Practices in Sustainable Agriculture
Grow It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Sweet Home Farms, Rainshadow Organics
Keep It: Entrepreneurship, Family Business Dynamics, and Managing Risk
Entrepreneurship
Business Structures
Family Business Dynamics
Licenses and Regulations
Risk Management
Reality Check: Running a Small Farm Business
The Authors
Appendixes
Source Citations
Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Landwirtschaft & Gartenbau |
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781635860740 |
| ISBN-10: | 1635860741 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Redaktion: | Stephenson, Garry |
| Hersteller: | Storey Publishing |
| Maße: | 254 x 205 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Garry Stephenson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.11.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,874 kg |
Über den Autor
Garry Owen Stephenson, PhD, is the director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, an alternative agriculture program at Oregon State University that focuses on small-scale organic/sustainable agriculture through its Extension Small Farms Program. He is the editor of Oregon Small Farm News and has 30 years’ experience working in an extension education and research role with farmers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Growing a Farm
The Big Picture
What Is This Book About?
The Chapters
The Farmers
Dream It: Strategic Planning
Whole Farm Planning
Human Resources
Creating an Identity for Your Farm
Natural Resources
Building the Whole Farm Plan
Dream It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Goodfoot Farm, Slow Hand Farm
Do It: Farm Infrastructure, Labor, and Energy
Equipment and Infrastructure
Season-Extension Equipment for Vegetables and Berries
Irrigation Equipment and Infrastructure
Farm Labor
Farm Energy
Do It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Good Work Farm, Kiyokawa Family Orchards
Sell It: Markets and Marketing
What Is a Market?
Marketing Strategy
Direct Market Techniques for Small Farms
Market Planning
Sell It: Keys to Success
Profiles: Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, Vanguard Ranch
Manage It: Business Management for the Farm
Goal Setting and Budgeting
Record Keeping
Financial Statements
Analysis
Manage It: Putting It All Together
Profile: Blue Fox Farm
Grow It: Managing the Whole Farm Ecosystem
Planning and Intervention
The Farm Ecosystem
Managing the Farm Ecosystem
Key Practices in Sustainable Agriculture
Grow It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Sweet Home Farms, Rainshadow Organics
Keep It: Entrepreneurship, Family Business Dynamics, and Managing Risk
Entrepreneurship
Business Structures
Family Business Dynamics
Licenses and Regulations
Risk Management
Reality Check: Running a Small Farm Business
The Authors
Appendixes
Source Citations
Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index
Introduction: Growing a Farm
The Big Picture
What Is This Book About?
The Chapters
The Farmers
Dream It: Strategic Planning
Whole Farm Planning
Human Resources
Creating an Identity for Your Farm
Natural Resources
Building the Whole Farm Plan
Dream It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Goodfoot Farm, Slow Hand Farm
Do It: Farm Infrastructure, Labor, and Energy
Equipment and Infrastructure
Season-Extension Equipment for Vegetables and Berries
Irrigation Equipment and Infrastructure
Farm Labor
Farm Energy
Do It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Good Work Farm, Kiyokawa Family Orchards
Sell It: Markets and Marketing
What Is a Market?
Marketing Strategy
Direct Market Techniques for Small Farms
Market Planning
Sell It: Keys to Success
Profiles: Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, Vanguard Ranch
Manage It: Business Management for the Farm
Goal Setting and Budgeting
Record Keeping
Financial Statements
Analysis
Manage It: Putting It All Together
Profile: Blue Fox Farm
Grow It: Managing the Whole Farm Ecosystem
Planning and Intervention
The Farm Ecosystem
Managing the Farm Ecosystem
Key Practices in Sustainable Agriculture
Grow It: Putting It All Together
Profiles: Sweet Home Farms, Rainshadow Organics
Keep It: Entrepreneurship, Family Business Dynamics, and Managing Risk
Entrepreneurship
Business Structures
Family Business Dynamics
Licenses and Regulations
Risk Management
Reality Check: Running a Small Farm Business
The Authors
Appendixes
Source Citations
Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Landwirtschaft & Gartenbau |
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781635860740 |
| ISBN-10: | 1635860741 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Redaktion: | Stephenson, Garry |
| Hersteller: | Storey Publishing |
| Maße: | 254 x 205 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Garry Stephenson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.11.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,874 kg |
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