Ideas for making money over a longer season, even all year. Strategies include: Protected early and late crops; Cold-weather crops; High-dollar greenhouse crops; Storage crops; Value-added products; Winter markets. Softcover, 8.5x11, 72 pages,

With humor and personal stories, he opens his family and farm convictions for all to see, share, and enjoy. Written from his unabashed "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist" perspective, his ideas are guaranteed to encourage and challenge virtually every "ism" in the culture. It will captivate anyone passionate about healing the land, healing families, and healing the food supply.

For several decades young people have been leaving the family farm. The ones left behind are now responsible for society's greatest resources: clean land and clean food. Anyone dedicated to preserving these resources will find in these pages a nongovernmental, self-empowerment approach to environmentalism and food safety.

The heart of this book is aimed toward parents tired of their Dilbert cubicle at the end of the expressway who want to reconnect with their children through a pastoral lifestyle. It's written for anyone who yearns to grow old working with and being adored by value-sharing grandchildren and honored by passionate, productive adult children. Family Friendly Farming can make any family business more viable and any family more functional.

The ten-chapter section on how to get the kids to love the farm is an invaluable addition to any collection of child-rearing manuals. Salatin moves from the family team-building section into a practical discussion on how to increase income per acre and create new, white-collar salaries without buying more land, equipment, or buildings. He deals with the unique and thorny issues surrounding any family business by using his own multi-generational family farm experience as his base for insight and wisdom.

Market Farming Success identifies the key areas that usually trip up beginners - and shows how to avoid those obstacles. This book will help the aspiring or beginning farmer advance quickly and confidently through the inevitable learning curve of starting a new business. Written by the editor of Growing for Market, it condenses decades of growing experience from every part of the United States and Canada.

Market Farming Success focuses on the factors that are common to market gardeners everywhere and offers professional advice that includes: How much you'll need to spend to start a market farming business; How much you can expect to earn; Which crops bring in the most money - and whether you should grow them; The essential tools and equipment you will need; The best places to sell your products; How to keep records to maximize profits and minimize taxes; Tricks of the trade that will make you more efficient in the greenhouse, field and market.

Market Farming Success is the quintessential "insider's guide" that will make you a more professional and savvy farmer and speed you on the path to success. Softcover, 8.5x11, printed with soy ink, 138 pages.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Called "the high priest of the pasture" by The New York Times, Joel Salatin likes to refer to himself as a "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-lunatic farmer." He lives with his family on Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Running a small farm goes beyond growing, raising, and crafting artisanal products. Locally grown produce and specialty farm items also have to be marketed and sold to wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. To help farmers position themselves well in the market, Sarah Aubrey offers a business-savvy reference that covers everything from financial plans and advertising budgets to Web design and food service wholesalers.