Part of the NOFA guides. Includes information on:
Soils, the foundation of health (manure management)
Crop production and grazing management (forage species, pasture management, setting up a grazing system)
Livestock (selection, nutrition, winter and summer feed considerations, seasonal milking, habitat, herd health, milk quality)
Marketing (selling fluid milk, regulations, facility and equipment, selling raw milk)
Recordkeeping
The transition to organic
Featuring examples from various farms in the Northeast.
Illustrated by: Jocelyn Langer