The Market Gardener

<p><strong>Grow better not bigger</strong></p><p>AS LOCAL ORGANIC agriculture continues to flourish young professional growers like Jean-Martin Fortier are leading the way with their innovative ideas about how to start a farm. Growing on just 1.5 acres he and his wife have been making a good living from their vegetable operation for over 10 years feeding more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stand.</p><p>Based on low-tech high-yield methods of production The Market Gardener is packed with practical information on:</p><ul><li>Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems all with negligible capital outlay</li><li>Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil-fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools appropriate machinery and minimum tillage practices</li><li>Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management crop yields harvest periods and pricing approaches.</li></ul><p><em>The Market Gardener </em> is a complete modern micro-scale farming handbook which shows that making a living wage growing food without large capital outlay or access to an acreage may be closer than you think.</p>