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The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables - More In-Depth Lean Techniques for Efficient Organic Production (Paperback)
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The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables - More In-Depth Lean Techniques for Efficient Organic Production (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 340
You Save R179 (25%)
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At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen,
or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste-of time, labor,
space, money, and more-every year and aligning their organic
production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside
other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto
industry, the end result has been increased profits and less work.
In this field-guide companion to his award-winning first book, The
Lean Farm, Hartman shows market vegetable growers in even more
detail how Clay Bottom Farm implements lean thinking in every area
of their work, including using kanbans, or replacement signals, to
maximize land use; germination chambers to reduce defect waste; and
right-sized machinery to save money and labor and increase
efficiency. From finding land and assessing infrastructure needs to
selling perfect produce at the farmers market, The Lean Farm Guide
to Growing Vegetables digs deeper into specific, tested methods for
waste-free farming that not only help farmers become more
successful but make the work more enjoyable. These methods include:
Using Japanese paper pot transplanters Building your own
germinating chambers Leaning up your greenhouse Making and applying
simple composts Using lean techniques for pest and weed control
Creating Heijunka, or load-leveling calendars for efficient
planning Farming is not static, and improvement requires constant
change. The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables offers strategies
for farmers to stay flexible and profitable even in the face of
changing weather and markets. Much more than a simple exercise in
cost-cutting, lean farming is about growing better, not cheaper,
food-the food your customers want.
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