With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and
husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering,
dairying, and more "If we work hard, we sleep well." Twenty years
ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they
would come to name the Sow's Ear, the state of Ohio designated it
"not suitable for agriculture." Today, their family raises and
grows 90% of their own food. Such self-sufficiency is largely the
result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture
management. Pioneered by such luminaries as Allan Savory, Greg
Judy, and Joel Salatin, the tenets of holistic grazing-employed
mostly by larger-scale commercial operations-have been adapted by
the Doughertys to fit their family's needs. In The Independent
Farmstead, The Sow's Ear model for regenerating the land and
growing food-"the best you ever tasted"-is elucidated for others to
use and build upon. In witty and welcoming style, The Independent
Farmstead covers everything from choosing a species of ruminant and
incorporating it into a grass-based system to innovative electric
fencing and watering systems, to what to do with all of the milk,
meat, and, yes, manure that the self-sustaining farm produces.
Within these pages, the Doughertys discuss how to: Find and improve
poor, waste, or abused land and develop its natural water
resources; Select and purchase the appropriate ruminant for
regenerating your farmstead; Apply fencing strategies and pasture
management basics; Implement basic, uncomplicated food processing,
including large and small animal butchering and cheese making; and
Integrate grass, gardens, and livestock to minimize or eliminate
the need for off-farm inputs. As the Doughertys write, more and
more people today are feeling "the desire for clean, affordable
food, unmodified, unprocessed, and unmedicated and the security of
local food sourcing for ourselves and our children." The
Independent Farmstead is a must-have resource for those who count
themselves as part of this movement: both new and prospective
farmers and homesteaders, and those who are interested in switching
to grass-based systems. Best of all it's the kind of rare how-to
book that the authors themselves view not as a compendium of
one-size-fits-all instructions but as "the beginning of a
conversation," one that is utterly informative, sincere, and
inspiring.
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