Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping: Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series) - Softcover

Book 4 of 7: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series

Kroeck, Seth

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9781603583459: Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping: Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series)
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ISBN 10: 1603583459 ISBN 13: 9781603583459
Publisher: Chelsea Green, 2011

Synopsis

In Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping, you can learn some of the thinking behind—and the actual nuts and bolts of—laying out a rotation for your farm.

This volume, part of the NOFA guides, covers:

  • Historical roots of cover-crop techniques
  • Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops)
  • What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings)
  • The economics of rotations and cover cropping (organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs)
Including on-farm examples and detailed appendices.

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About the Author

Seth Kroeck has been working and managing organic farms in the Northeast and California for the past eight years. He is currently working on his own farm, Crystal Spring Community Farm in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Maura, and their son, Griffin.

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Publisher
Chelsea Green
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1603583459
ISBN 13 
9781603583459
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
Langer Jocelyn
Number of pages
96
Rating
  • 3.76 out of 5 stars
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