Whole-Farm Planning

Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values, and Economics

By: Elizabeth Henderson, Karl North, Jocelyn Langer (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 25 March 2011

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Part of the NOFA Guides. Includes information on:

Lessons from systems science (including tools)
Assessing the whole farm (what are we managing? the people, physical and mental assets, money)
Understanding the farm ecosystems (the water and mineral cycles, dynamics of the biological community, the energy flow)
Choosing appropriate tools
Making a framework to test decisions

Including examples and statements from practicing farmers, and more holistic resources and alternative business models.

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Introduction	p. 1
How Wholes Work: Lessons from Systems Science	p. 5
Whole-Farm Planning and Sustainable Solutions	p. 6
What Kind of Tool: A Preliminary Sketch	p. 7
For Whom Is This Manual Written?	p. 10
Assessing the Whole: What Are We Managing?	p. 11
People	p. 11
Physical and Mental Assets	p. 12
Money	p. 14
Goal Setting Is an Ongoing Process	p. 17
Quality of Life	p. 18
Forms of Production	p. 22
Future Resource Base	p. 25
Making Decisions That Consider All the Variables in Your Whole …and Their Interdependency	p. 28
What You Need to Understand about the Ecosystems That Sustain the Farm	p. 28
What You Need to Understand about Social Structures and Processes	p. 38
What You Need to Know about Farm-and Food-System Economics	p. 41
Choosing Appropriate Tools	p. 57
A Framework to Make and Test Decisions and Monitor Results	p. 60
Conclusion: Keeping Our Balance	p. 70
Examples of Whole and Goal Statements from Practicing Farmers	p. 73
Katie Smith: Two Examples	p. 73
Kaylie and Abe's Holistic Goal	p. 77
Richard Wiswall	p. 80
Resources	p. 83
Index	p. 89
About the Authors and Illustrator	p. 95
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Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values, and Economics

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