All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804010692 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Grass farming might be the solution for a stressed agricultural system based on an industrial model and propped up by federal subsidies. In his clear and conversational style, Logsdon explains historically effective practices and new techniques. In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and palatablevirtual salads for livestock. Amidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Consumers increasingly seek the health benefits of meat from animals raised in green paddocks instead of in muddy feedlots. His warm, informative profiles of successful grass farmers offer inspiration and ideas. His narrative is enriched by his own experience as a contrary farmer” on his artisan-scale farm near Upper Sandusky, Ohio.All Flesh Is Grass will have broad appeal to the sustainable commercial farmer, the home-food producer, and all consumers who care about their food.. Leafy pastures also hold the soil, foster biodiversity, and create
"All Flesh Is Grass by Gene Logsdon" according to David G. All Flesh Is Grass by Gene LogsdonThis book is a must read/own for anyone considering grass farming (pasture based livestock). In the book he discusses:How to set up a rotation of pasturesWhich plants he prefers and ones that will do well in other climatesHow to graze the pasturesWhat problems specific p. catamount said Different Grass Types. I have All Flesh Is Grass and also Joel Salatin's Salad Bar Beef.As a new farmer, I have never raised cattle before and my future pasture is currently woodland. So I need to know what to plant to get pasture started. In All Flesh Is Grass, Logsdon discusses different grass types (eg: the difference betwe. "Enjoyable Read" according to Brian Duffy. I would rate this a Enjoyable Read Brian Duffy I would rate this a 4.5.While it seems that Mr. Logsdon was writing this to a wide audience, beginning to experienced farmers, the usefulness seems to be for someone who has been small scale farming for a few years. This is because Lodgeson points out his mistakes and explains how his modifications impro. .5.While it seems that Mr. Logsdon was writing this to a wide audience, beginning to experienced farmers, the usefulness seems to be for someone who has been small scale farming for a few years. This is because Lodgeson points out his mistakes and explains how his modifications impro
All rights reserved. His arguments for pasturing: "The animals do the harvesting, apply their manure for fertilizer, and eat most of the weeds." As it has for years, Logsdon's conversational style makes his material immediately appealing, but there is also solid advice on how to pasture various kinds of livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, horses, mules, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys), how to rotate grass crops, which grasses work best, how to water livestock, how to incorporate some grains into the animals' diets, and which f