Andrew Mefferd - Practical No-Till Farming: A Quick and Dirty Guide to Organic Vegetable and Flower Growing

Andrew Mefferds new book is a no-nonsense breakdown of no-till market gardening that gets straight to the point and stays there. Mefferds a gifted writer who smoothly communicates not only the principles that guide no-till gardening but the technical details in a way that makes you keep reading. Practical No-Till Farmingis arguably the most devourable technical manual Ive come across. A great read and an even greater asset to organic flower and vegetable growers everywhere.

Jesse Frost, author, The Living Soil Handbook

This is a book I wish I had when I was starting out. Even now it helps clarify what the big deal is about no-till, how its being defined, and how folks are actually making it work.

Josh Volk, author, Build Your Own Farm Toolsand Compact Farms

If you want to start farming but dont think you have enough money for land and machinery, this could be the book for you. If youre thinking about transitioning from conventional tillage to no-till farming, this could be the book for you as well. If youre looking for a practical, down-to-earth book that explains both the whys and hows of no-till market gardening, this definitely is the book for you.

John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia

A QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO
ORGANIC VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GROWING

ANDREW MEFFERD

Copyright 2023 Andrew Mefferd.

All rights reserved.

Cover design by Diane McIntosh. Cover photo: Hillview Farms.

Printed in Canada. First printing November 2022.

Back cover Images: right - Lovin Mama Farm; middle - Hillview Farm;

left - Bare Mountain

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Practical no-till farming : a quick and dirty guide to organic vegetable and flower growing / Andrew Mefferd.

Names: Mefferd, Andrew, author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220273766 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220273774 | ISBN 9780865719668 (softcover) | ISBN 9781550927603 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771423564 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: No-tillage. | LCSH: VegetablesOrganic farming. | LCSH: FlowersOrganic farming. | LCSH: Alternative agriculture. | LCSH: Sustainable agriculture. | LCSH: Farms, Small.

Classification: LCC S604 .M45 2022 | DDC 631.5/814dc23

New Society Publishers mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a manner that models this vision.

Land, then, is not merely soil;

it is a fountain of energy flowing through a

circuit of soils, plants, and animals.

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949