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Author Loeks, Zach, 1985- author.

Title The permaculture market garden : a visual guide to a profitable whole-systems farm business / Zach Loeks.

Publication Info. Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, [2017]

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  635 LOEKS    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 273 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Author Zach Loeks brings together his passion for sustainable permaculture food production systems and beautiful, vibrant illustrations to provide a highly visual guide to the smooth integration of permaculture into the market garden, without use of major equipment or operation changes. Profiling crops and ecosystem-based systems, Loeks demonstrates a profitable, sustainable and approachable model for the future of market gardening."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Farm ecosystem -- Earth systems and natural science -- Ecosystem services -- Whole farm mapping -- Why map your farm? -- Holistic planning -- Defining the whole and making a holistic goal -- Holistic budgeting for profit resilience -- Guild enterprise production -- Design management -- Why design? -- Design management -- Our permabed system -- The permabed system -- Permabed principles -- Layout and land preparation -- Organized garden patterning -- Guild crop production -- Guild crop designs -- Perma investment.
Form Issued also in electronic format.
Subject Permaculture.
Horticulture.
Sustainable agriculture.
Quality or Trade Paperback.
Technology & Industrial Arts.
Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Organic.
Sustainable Living.
Horticulture. (OCoLC)fst00960791
Permaculture. (OCoLC)fst01058233
Sustainable agriculture. (OCoLC)fst01139712
Other Form: Loeks, Zach, 1985-, author. Permaculture market garden. (CaOONL)20169075141
ISBN 9780865718265 (softcover)
0865718261 (softcover)
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