The Market Gardener - A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming
Jean-Martin Fortier
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Summary
French edition, Le jardinier-maraicher has sold over 15,000 copies Author is founder of les Jardins de la Grelinette in southern Quebec, which is recognized in Canada and internationally as an alternative model for people who want to get established and make a living from small-scale farming He has been working with Equiterre for over 7 years to establish a network of CSA farms Author is partnering with FarmStart.ca who will provide extensive support including an author tour The book will be used as a textbook for workshops helping establish beginning farmers in "incubator" farms. In 2012, these were attended by over 3,000 people Author's method of farming and for training new farmers has been proven to be highly successful. Increasingly, people are turning to market gardening as a way to make a living Organic cropland is growing at 15% in the United States and the Canadian organic market demand has increased 160% since 2006.