[PDF] Work This Farm eBook

Author : Michael Anthony Steele
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545298571

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It's a busy day on the farm! A big farm needs big machines. Follow the farmers as they feed the animals and harvest the crops.

Author : Ben Hartman
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1603585923

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A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation To many people today, using the words "factory" and "farm" in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in every aspect of the farm operation, The Lean Farm makes the case that small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor. Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are now being followed on progressive farms around the world. Using examples from his own family's one-acre community-supported farm in Indiana, Hartman clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. While the intended audience for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food movement, Hartman's prescriptions for high-value, low-cost production apply to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness the power of lean in their production processes.

Author : Dawn Sirett
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Animal sounds
ISBN : 9780756655440

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Pictures and brief text introduce the animals, vehicles, crops, and noises found on a farm. On board pages.

Author : Dwight W. Hoover
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Dwight Hoover, who grew up on an Iowa farm, recalls the events of day-to-day life in this era, offering detailed descriptions of daily work in each of the year's four seasons. A fascinating if grim reminder of what it was like to be a child with adult responsibilities, Mr. Hoover's unusual memoir recalls the rough edges as well as the happy moments of rural life.

Author : Roger Priddy
Publisher : Priddy Books US
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780312510824

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This is the perfect book for kids who want to find out all about farms. On the big, sturdy board pages, they'll discover bright, bold photographs of all kind of things they'll see down on the farm, from animals, to crops to farm vehicles. Each has their name written underneath, so that children can learn what they're called, build their farm vocabulary, and start to develop word and picture association.

Author : Jon Katz
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805092196

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Introduces the dogs of Bedlam Farm that inspire the author's books.

Author : Lisl H. Detlefsen
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781948898003

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A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.

Author : Forrest Pritchard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0762794380

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With humor and pathos, Forrest Pritchard recounts his ambitious and often hilarious endeavors to save his family’s seventh-generation farm in the Shenandoah Valley. Through many a trial and error, he not only saves Smith Meadows from insolvency but turns it into a leading light in the sustainable, grass-fed, organic farm-to-market community. There is nothing young Farmer Pritchard won’t try. Whether he’s selling firewood and straw, raising free-range chickens and hogs, or acquiring a flock of Barbados Blackbelly sheep, his learning curve is steep and always entertaining. Pritchard’s world crackles with colorful local characters—farm hands, butchers, market managers, customers, fellow vendors, pet goats, policemen—bringing the story to warm, communal life. His most important ally, however, is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and eschews organic foods for the generic kinds that wreak havoc on his health. Soon after his father’s death, the farm becomes a recognized success and Pritchard must make a vital decision: to continue serving the local community or answer the exploding demand for his wares with lucrative Internet sales and shipping deals. More than a charming story of honest food cultivation and farmers’ markets, Gaining Ground tugs on the heartstrings, reconnecting us to the land and the many lives that feed us.

Author : Michael Anthony Steele
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338182544

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Build your LEGO(R) library book by book! It’s a busy day on the farm!A big farm needs big machines.Follow the farmers as they feed the animals and harvest the crops.