Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, Homestead (3rd) Edition

Andy Lee, Patricia L. Foreman

ISBN 10: 0984338209 / ISBN 13: 9780984338207

Published by Good Earth Publications, Inc., 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, Homestead (3rd) Edition
• Publisher: Good Earth Publications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984338209
• ISBN 13: 9780984338207
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Chicken Tractor The Homestead (3rd) Edition This is the book that tells you how to integrate small flocks of poultry in with family food production. There is a back to the land movement happening across the world, and it's happening in backyards and on small parcels of land. Chicken tractor systems have become so popular that the term chicken tractor; is a household word. This is the definitive book that leads the way. Learn how you can: Raise homestead flocks for eggs, meat and money. Use chickens to create super-rich soils that enable hyper-productive gardens. Easily, step-by-step, process poultry at home. Build custom chicken tractors for your homestead. Make a straw bale coop for your flock. Understand how to select, buy and raise the best chickens for your goals. Chicken Tractor is a revolutionary, practical, hands-on book that has helped tens of thousands of gardeners create better gardens. It has changed the lives of millions of chickens all across the planet.

About the Author

Andy Lee is an internationally known speaker and writer on sustainable agriculture, appropriate housing, rural economic development, and cottage-industry strategies. His work has appeared in magazines such as BackHome Magazine, Organic Gardening, Country Journal, Newsweek and Vegetarian Times. Andy graduated from the Permaculture Institute in Tyalgum, New South Wales, Australia, and has taught permaculture, market gardening and housing design and building. Patricia Foreman graduated from Purdue University with degrees in Pharmacy and Agriculture (Animal Science, genetics and nutrition). At Indiana University s Graduate School of Public and Environmental Affairs she earned a Master of Public Affairs (MPA). Her majors were in Health Systems Administration and International Affairs. She completed the Virginia Master Gardener s program in 1999. Pat's many awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, and an appointment as a Presidential Executive Management Intern. She served as a Science Officer for the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, and has worked in over 30 countries conducting workshops and providing consulting services. Pat loves to talk and is co-host of the internationally broadcast Chicken Whisperer Backyard Poultry and Sustainable Lifestyles Talk Show. She has been a guest on radio talk shows across America. Pat is available to facilitate workshops, give presentations, and provide consulting services.