| View Larger Image | The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff-and Making a Profit | Paperbackby Richard Wiswall (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Chelsea Green Publishing | | Edition: | Pap/Cdrth Edition | | Page Count: | 224 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 09, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 20,250th |
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Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. What's required is farming smarter, not harder.In The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook, Richard Wiswall shares advice on how to make your vegetable production more efficient, better manage your employees and finances, and turn a profit. From his twenty-seven years of experience at Cate Farm in Vermont, Wiswall knows firsthand the joys of starting and operating an organic farm-as well as the challenges of making a living from one. Farming offers fundamental satisfaction from producing food, working outdoors, being one's own boss, and working intimately with nature. But, unfortunately, many farmers avoid learning about the business end of farming; because of this, they often work harder than they need to, or quit farming altogether because of frustrating-and often avoidable-losses.In this comprehensive business kit, Wiswall covers:Step-by-step procedures to make your crop production more efficientAdvice on managing employees, farm operations, and office systemsNovel marketing strategiesWhat to do with your profits: business spending, investing, and planning for retirementA companion CD offers valuable business tools, including easy-to-use spreadsheets for projecting cash flow, a payroll calculator, comprehensive crop budgets for twenty-four different crops, and tax planners. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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farm saver by M. Paulin (Pass Lake, ON)  5 Stars
November 24, 2009
Great book for beginner farmers and small business owners with little experience and accounting background. Easy read, lots of great ideas based on tried experiences. Methods for calculating costs with regard to labour, machine use, supplies etc. will definitely be used on my farm and these formulas were worth the price of the book.
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Organic Farming Handbook: It isn't Luck! Green Values and a Business Plan To Make A Buck by T. Colman (Seattle, WA United States) 5 Stars
October 13, 2009
Author Richard Wiswall has been farming for over 25 years on a cool organic farm in Vermont.
He has done farmers everywhere a service with this new book on running a profitable organic farming business.
Fine writing, good examples of what he's writing about, and a workbook style approach made Wiswall's book come alive for me.
I'd say he's written the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Organic Farmers, but there are at least ten habits farmers can learn about by reading this book.
And as someone who runs a small business, I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to succeed at building a business, growing a rich life for themselves and their community.
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Loved the Tale of Two Brassicas where Wiswall tells how he learned the difference between growing kale and broccoli.
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