Typographic Design by Rob Carter

Typographic Design by Rob Carter

The first in-depth guide for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland and are looking for productive, innovative ways to create a natural forest ecosystems that produces a wide range of food, medicinals, and other non-timber products.

What a joy to read Nice pictures, great case studies, and well organized. . . . Farming the Woods is the source for temperate climate agroforestry.--Jonathan Bates, Owner of Food Forest Farm

While this concept of forest farming may seem like an obscure practice, history indicates that much of humanity lived and sustained itself from tree-based systems in the past; only recently have people traded the forest for the field. The good news is that this is not an either-or scenario; forest farms can be most productive in places where the plow is not: on steep slopes, and in shallow soils. It is an invaluable practice to integrate into any farm or homestead, especially as the need for unique value-added products and supplemental income becomes more and more important for farmers.

Farming the Woods covers in detail:

• How to cultivate, harvest, and market high-value non-timber forest crops
• Comprehensive information on historical perspectives of forest farming
• How to mimic the forest in a changing climate
• Cultivation of medicinal crops
• How to create a forest nursery
• Harvesting and utilizing wood products
• The role of animals in the forest farm
• How to design and manage your forest farm once it's set up

Forest crops covered include

• American ginseng
• Shiitake mushrooms
• Ramps (wild leeks)
• Maple syrup
• Fruit and nut trees
• Ornamental ferns
• And many more

This book is a must-read for farmers and gardeners interested in incorporating aspects of agroforestry, permaculture, forest gardening, and sustainable woodlot management into the concept of a whole-farm organism.

A full-time writer and film director, Robert Carter has won international awards for his work and received outstanding reviews from around the world. As writer, his first novel won the A&R Fellowship and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin and 3 Premier's Awards. As director, he won Best Feature Film at the Hollywood Film Festival in 1998. Robert has been awarded Residencies and Fellowships to Paris, New York and Los Angeles. His latest film, THIRST, awarded 4 stars, had packed screenings in 2012/13. FRANKIE Book 1: Paradise is the first of a new thriller series. Robert's other published works include The Sugar Factory, The Pleasure Within, Prints in the Valley and The Collectors.

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ISBN 13	9780471284307
ISBN 10	0471284300
Titel	Typographic Design
Autor	Rob Carter
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-01-15
Seitenanzahl	288
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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