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Woman-Powered Farm: Manual for a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field
WomanPowered Farm Manual for a SelfSufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field Author:Audrey Levatino To go-to guide for women who want to be part of the farming revolution. Women are leading the new farming revolution in America. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and connect with our agricultural past is being driven by women. They raise sheep for wool, harvest honey from their beehives, and sell their goods at f... more »armers' markets. What does a woman who wants to work the land need to do to follow her dream?
First, she needs this book. Audrey Levatino shares her experiences of running a farm with her husband and offers invaluable advice on how to get started. She helps readers identify their goals and suggests how to go about achieving them. Filled with personal anecdotes and stories from other women farmers, the book is a reassuring and inspirational guide that discusses:
Should you do an internship or jump right in? What tends to sell at the farmers' market and what does notChores and how to get them done rightHow to handle large power tools It's all here, in the same warm and friendly voice that readers embraced in The Joy of Hobby Farming.