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Microgreens: A Guide to Growing Nutrient-Packed Greens

Finally, the first book on growing high-dollar gourmet greens for sale or your own table.

$20.00
Local Color: Growing Specialty Cut Flowers

Frank and Pamela Arnosky, owners of Texas Specialty Cut Flowers, are experienced, successful cut flower growers with 40 acres of field production and 50,000 square feet of greenhouses and hoophouses. They have written regularly in Growing for Market since 1995, and this book is a collection of their most recent articles, from 2001 to 2009.


$25.00
Local Color: Growing Specialty Cut Flowers E-Book

The Arnoskys' popular cut flower articles in Growing for Market are compiled into this 124-page collection, which is a downloadable 1.2 MB PDF. Includes articles published from 2001 through 2009.

$20.00
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms

NEW! Published in October 2009.

This book provides an in-depth review of crop rotation and its many applications, such as improving soil quality and health, and managing pests, diseases, and weeds.


$24.00
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook by Richard Wiswall

NEW! Published in October 2009.

A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff — and Making a Profit


$35.00
The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski

An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, Second Edition, new in March 2008.


$35.00
Market Farming Success by Lynn Byczynski

Market Farming Success is an insider's guide to market gardening and farming. If you are in the business of direct marketing vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, and plants, this book will help make your farm more efficient and profitable. (Also available as an E-book; see entry below.)


$25.00
The Hoophouse Handbook

The Hoophouse Handbook: Growing Produce and Flowers in Hoophouses and High Tunnels -- by Growing for Market. Hoophouses are the greatest thing in market farming since the tractor!


$16.00
Hoophouse Handbook E-Book

The Hoophouse Handbook in downloadable PDF. 1.3 MB


$12.00
Extending the Season

Six Strategies for Improving Cash Flow Year-Round on the Market Farm -- by Growing for Market

FREE when you subscribe to Growing for Market with this order. Don't add to your cart, or you'll be charged for it. It will be sent automatically with the first issue to new subscribers. If you aren't subscribing, you can buy this book for $11.25


$15.00
Farm Fresh Recipes by Janet Majure

Ready-to-Copy Recipe Cards for Produce Marketers. Give customers recipes and they will buy more produce!


$20.00
Farm Fresh Recipes E-Book

Farm-Fresh Recipes in a PDF download. You can copy recipes and place in your own newsletters or on your web site. 620 KB.


$16.00
The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist by Michael Phillips

The best book available on growing apples organically.


$40.00
The BackYard Berry Book by Stella Otto

A great resource for small-scale, commercial or home berry growers.

 

$18.00
The BackYard Orchardist by Stella Otto

The best resource for beginning tree fruit growers.


$17.00
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Deppe

A classic book about plant breeding and seed saving.


$28.00
The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman

A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener. Everyone reads this book when starting out in market gardening!


$25.00
Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman

An introduction to season extension for the home and market gardener.

$25.00
Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman

The market farming master is back with another groundbreaking book! Coleman's work for the past decade has focused on extending the season with unheated hoophouses. In this book, he shares everything he has learned.


$30.00
Walking to Spring by Alison and Paul Wiediger

An excellent farmer-published book on growing in hoophouses and high tunnels.

 

$15.00
Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw

The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs!


$30.00
The Grape Grower by Lon Rombough

A Guide to Organic Viticulture.

 

$35.00
Greenhouse Engineering by Robert Aldrich and John Bartok Jr.

A technical book about planning, building and operating a greenhouse.


$30.00
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion

Growing Food and Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace.


$23.00
Growing and Selling Fresh Cut Herbs by Sandie Shores

The best how-to book for commercial production of culinary herbs.


$35.00
Growing Great Garlic by Ron Engeland

The first garlic book written for organic gardeners and small-scale farmers.

$17.00
The Herbalist's Way by Michael Phillips and Nancy Phillips

The Art and Practice of Healing With Plant Medicines.


$30.00
The New Farmers Market by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig and Eric Gibson

Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers, and Communities.


$27.00
Pests of the Garden and Small Farm by Mary Louise Flint

A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide. A great book for identification of insects with least-toxic approach to controlling pests.


$25.00
Sharing the Harvest by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En

A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture.


$35.00
Specialty Cut Flowers by Allan Armitage and Judy Laushman

THE reference book for cut flower growers! You will open it virtually every day in spring, and nearly as often in winter when planning for your next season.

 

$40.00
Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market by Vern Grubinger

A great introduction to market farming on the livelihood scale -- excellent for gardeners interested in scaling up.


$38.00
Market Farming Success E-book

This is a PDF download of the book. It is identical in every way to the printed version, and the purchaser has the right to print a copy for personal use. 6.8 MB.


$20.00
Market Farm Forms

These spreadsheet templates will help you get really organized on your diversified vegetable farm.


$59.00
Woody Cut Stems for Growers and Florists

Woody Cut Stems for Growers and Florists: Production and Post-Harvest Handling of Branches for Flowers, Fruit and Foliage by Lane Green and John M. Dole.

$40.00
The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing by Neil Hamilton

The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing by Neil D. Hamilton addresses all the concerns farmers have about legal and regulatory issues. Every farmers market and farm stand owner should have one on the bookshelf.


$24.00
From Asparagus to Zucchini

From Asparagus to Zuchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce is a classic produce cookbook from the Madison Area Commnity Supported Agriculture Coalition. It features 420 recipes and information for more than 50 vegetables and herbs.


$20.00
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture

Ross Conrad Buzzes and brainstorms where other angels have feared to tread. He makes organic apiculture seem not only possible, but necessary.


$35.00
Small Scale Grain Raising

The classic text on raising grain. Revised and expanded for home gardeners and small scale farmers


$30.00