Buying and Setting Up Your Small Farm or Ranch
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
This large illustrated book offers some uniquely modern and helpful information geared towards assisting people to "land" a new small farm operation of their own. Beginning with the "what fors" and "where fors", and walking carefully through the pitfalls and challenges of the looking and buying process, this book could save the prospective farm buyer time, money and headache. If you are dreaming of a small "working" place in the country where you can grow your own food, and some to sell, this book will help mold your dreams into a working plan of action. If you're into the process of trying to buy a farm and stymied by all the gibberish and forms and sales people, this book should even the odds for you.
About the Author
Lynn R. Miller is one of the country's foremost experts on small farms. A multi-faceted speaker, author, storyteller, artist, teacher, and farmer, his efforts to champion the causes, and advocate the support, of the small independent family-based farms and ranches of North America have made a significant difference. Miller has been farming since 1970 and working with draft horses since 1973. In 1976 he conceived of and started The Small Farmer's Journal, an international farm quarterly. To this day he functions as editor/publisher and as such he offers, to over 40,000 subscribers around the world a powerful tool for self-sufficiency, sustainability and community.
Miller has authored (and sometimes illustrated) over 12 books on various topics related to animal power and alternative agriculture, including; The Small Farm Dream is Possible, Why Farm, The Workhorse Handbook, Buying a Farm, Work Horses Today, Training Workhorses, Thought Small, Ten Acres Enough, Horsedrawn Plows & Plowing, Haying with Horses and more. He has conducted workshops and lectured extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He continues with research and development in agriculture alternatives. He is currently farming a mixed crop/livestock, high-desert, horse-powered, family ranch raising Belgian Draft Horses, commercial beef cattle, free range poultry, potatoes, hay, grain, while working to dovetail operations into an ever more beneficial symbiotic relationship with the fragile surrounding wildlife habitat.
Buying and Setting Up Your Small Farm or Ranch,L. R. Miller,Small Farmer's Journal,188521006X,Agriculture - General,Business / Economics / Finance,New Business Enterprises,Science/Mathematics,Small Business - General,Technology
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