All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures And Promises Of Pasture Farming - Rilegato

Logsdon, Gene

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ISBN 10: 0804010684 ISBN 13: 9780804010689

Casa editrice: Swallow Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Amidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital supplements for hogs, chickens, and turkeys. Consumers increasingly seek the health benefits of meat from animals raised in green paddocks instead of in muddy feedlots.

In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and palatablevirtual salads for livestock. Leafy pastures also hold the soil, foster biodiversity, and create lovely landscapes. Grass farming might be the solution for a stressed agricultural system based on an industrial model and propped up by federal subsidies.

In his clear and conversational style, Logsdon explains historically effective practices and new techniques. His warm, informative profiles of successful grass farmers offer inspiration and ideas. His narrative is enriched by his own experience as a contrary farmer” on his artisan-scale farm near Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

All Flesh Is Grass will have broad appeal to the sustainable commercial farmer, the home-food producer, and all consumers who care about their food.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Gene Logsdon is the author of more than twenty books on farming and rural life. He and his wife, Carol, live near Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

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Book by Logsdon Gene

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Swallow Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0804010684
• ISBN 13: 9780804010689
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 262