The Plastic-Free Farm and Garden
Reduce Waste, Boost Efficiency, and Grow Abundance with Natural Alternatives
$50.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
28 September 2027
Summary
The Plastic-Free Farm and Garden will be the definitive guide for home gardeners and small-scale market growers looking to produce more food with less plastic, from a trusted and authoritative innovator in the farming and gardening world.
Modern gardening relies on heaps of plastic—plastic pots, landscaping fabric, row covers, and more. In the US alone, growers generate more than one billion pounds of plastic waste annually. This is a tragedy unfolding in plain sight all arou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781645024668 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1645024660 |
| Author: | Ben Hartman, Jesse Frost |
| Publisher: | Chelsea Green Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Chelsea Green Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 September 2027 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Ben Hartman
Ben Hartman grew up on a corn and soybean farm in Indiana and graduated college with degrees in English and philosophy. Ben and his wife, Rachel Hershberger, own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, where they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on less than one acre. The farm has twice won Edible Michiana’s Reader’s Choice award.
The Lean Farm, Ben’s first book, won the Shingo Institute’s prestigious Publication Award. In 2017 Ben was named one of Grist’s fifty emerging green leaders in the United States. Clay Bottom Farm has developed an online course in lean farming. Ben is also an ambassador for Patagonia, Inc., and a part-time consultant for several leading garden supplies companies: Johnny’s Selected Seeds (US), Modern Grower (US), Nitten Paperpot (Japan), Terrateck (France), and Farmer’s Friend (US).
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