A good farmer’s always learning

This will be my master list of resources. I’ll be adding items to it regularly.

Overview:

• Gardening for Profit by Peter Henderson
• Ecofarm by Charles Walters
• You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
• The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman
• Holistic Management by Allan Savory

Soil fertility & Management:

• The Biological Farmer by Gary Zimmer
• Permaculture a Design Course by Bill Mollison
• A Muck Manual for Farmers by Samuel Luther Dana (published in mid-1800s, public domain)

Finance management:

• Grower to grower, creating a livelihood on a fresh market vegetable farm by John Hendrickson
• Building a Sustainable Business by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)

Infrastructure, tools, machinery:

• Farm Drainage by Henry Flagg French (published in 1860, public domain)

Other:

• Article: Leverage Points, Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows

Forums/Groups

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/soilandhealth/
• Newfarm.org forums
• Localharvest.com forums

Libraries

• http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html

  • Sir Albert howerd, An agricultural Testament, and Soil And Health.
  • Frank Newman Turner, Fertility farming / Pastures.
  • Robert Elliot, The Clifton Park Experience
  • George Stapleton, The Way of The Land,
  • Eric Faulkner, Plowman’s Folly
  • Composting, Steve Solomon
  • The Drought Myth, William Albrecht - click here to view my notes
    

• http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/articles.htm

Listservs

SANET
http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html
Very active listserv with lots of bickering, but the topic is right down my alley.

COMFOOD
http://www.foodsecurity.org/list.html
Also very active, focusing more on food security and safety.

PERMACULTURE
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture

MARKET FARMING
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/marketfarming

MARKET-FARMING
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming

Permaculture Institute of New Zealand (PINZ)
http://www.permaculture.org.nz/
contact: permaculture@wave.co.nz