Women Farm offers referrals to published materials that meet three of our selection criteria: (1) are authored or edited/created or co-authored or co-edited/co-created by a woman farmer (with rare exception); (2) are judged by Women Farm to have instructional or inspirational value to practicing and/or aspiring women food farmers; and (3) directly address business, production, and/or personal aspects of being a farmer. Referrals are provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an endorsement and do not imply a quality evaluation of the product.
Materials list last updated 5/22/2012
Contact Us to make a request; offer recommendations of published materials that Women Farm should consider; evaluate or critique published materials Women Farm does feature; and/or offer comments about your experience with or opinions about the sources listed for obtaining featured materials.
- Acres U.S.A., 800-355-5313 (Acres)
- Amazon Books, (Amazon)
- Back40Books, 866-596-9982 (Back40)
- Chelsea Green Publishing, 800-639-4099 (CGP)
- The Eat Wild Store, 866-452-8489 (EWS)
- Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services (M.O.S.E.S.), 715-778-5775 (MOSES)
- Small Farmer’s Journal, (SFJ)
- Storey Publishing, 800-441-5700 (Storey)
Details on other sources are provided by the specific item.
Animals
- Backyard Poultry Naturally, Alanna Moore (Acres; Amazon)
- Chicken Coops, Judy Pangman (Amazon, SFJ)
- The Chicken Health Handbook, Gail Damerow (SFJ)
- The Farmstead Creamery Advisor, Gianalis Caldwell (Amazon, CGP)
- The Meat Goat Handbook, Yvonne Zweede-Tucker (Acres; Amazon)
- Natural Cattle Care, Pat Coleby (Acres)
- Natural Goat Care, Pat Coleby (Acres)
- Natural Sheep Care, Pat Coleby (Acres)
- Pasture Perfect, Jo Robinson (EWS)
- Raising Poultry on Pasture: Ten Years of Success, Jody Padgham, editor (MOSES)
- Small Scale Livestock Farming, Carol Ekarius (Back40, Storey)
- Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep, 4th Edition, Paula Simmons and Carol Ekarius (Storey)
Aspiring Farmers
- The Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming, Melissa Nelson (Back40)
- The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love, Kristin Kimball (Amazon)
- This Life is in Your Hands, Melissa Coleman (Amazon)
- Rebirth of the Small Family Farm, Bob & Bonnie Gregson (Acres)
- Turn Here Sweet Corn, Atina Diffley (MOSES)
Crops
Farm Business
- Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En (MOSES)
- Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business, Sarah Beth Aubrey (Amazon, Back40)
- The New Agri-Tourism, Hosting Community and Tourists on Your Farm, Barbara Berst Adams (Back40)
Farm Customer Education
- Local Choices, Karen S. Geiser and Lisa J. Amstutz Call 330-857-1995 or shop on line at http://www.karensgarden.net/KGDstore.php
- Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything, Mary Clemens Meyer and Susanna Meyer Call 800-245-7894 or shop on line at http://store.mpn.net/productdetails.cfm?PC=1450