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The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming [Paperback]

Gary F. Zimmer (Author)
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0911311629 978-0911311624 January 1, 2000 1st
Biological farmers work with nature, feeding soil life, balancing soil minerals and tilling soils with a purpose. The methods they apply involve a unique system of beliefs, observations and guidelines that result in increased production and profit. This practical how-to guide elucidates their methods and will help you make farming fun and profitable.

A safe and sustainable system designed to keep production up. Biological farming does not mean less production; it means eliminating obstacles to healthy, efficient production. Once the chemical, physical and biological properties of the soil are in balance, you can expect optimal outputs, even in bad years. Biological farming improves the environment, reduces erosion, reduces disease and insect problems, and alters weed pressure and it accomplishes this by working in harmony with nature.

A common-sense approach. Biological farming focuses on ways to reduce input costs and to increase profits while improving soil conditions and livestock health.

Taking care of the soil. Skilled biological farmers learn how to take care of soil life they nurture it, feed it a balanced diet, and use tillage tools and methods to enhance soil life.

Learn how to fertilize. Biological farmers learn proper fertilizer uses to correct mineral and nutrient imbalances and to feed plants and soil life.

This is the farming consultant's bible. It schools the interested grower in methods of maintaining a balanced, healthy soil that promises greater productivity at lower costs, and it covers some of the pitfalls of conventional farming practices. Zimmer knows how to make responsible farming work. His extensive knowledge of biological farming and consulting experience come through in this complete, practical guide to making farming fun and profitable.


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Gary Zimmer was raised on a dairy farm in northeastern Wisconsin. He received training in dairy nutrition, earning a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin and a masters degree from the University of Hawaii. For the last 25 years, Gary Zimmer has been developing ecological farming practices. In the fall of 1979, Gary and three partners started Midwestern Bio-Ag, now one of North America's foremost sustainable agriculture consulting groups. With its emphasis on education, Midwestern Bio-Ag currently works with more than 3,500 farms and has 75 trained consultants. Besides being president of Midwestern Bio-Ag, Gary has also managed the Bio-Ag Learning Center, a livestock and crop demonstration farm where he tests products and methods for successful biological farming. Otter Creek Organic Farm is also operated and co-owned with his son Nicholas. The 240-acre farm is certified organic and grows edible beans, corn and forages.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Acres USA; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0911311629
  • ISBN-13: 978-0911311624
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, scientific in a simple comprehensive manner, January 24, 2003
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This review is from: The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming (Paperback)
A book focusing in improving the soil quality in field farming. Very detailed but at the same time extremely coprehensible even for begginers in organic farming. Although the major reference of the book is concerning soils the writer offers a very practical approach to the whole aspect of sustainable organic farming.
It remains to me (an organic fruit farmer) to set all the knowledge offered in the book working in my tree farm.
Under the strictest examination it easily achieves 4 stars.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great details, February 24, 2006
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This review is from: The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming (Paperback)
Gary Zimmer goes in depth, yet remains understandable in his description of biological farming. I say four stars, at least.
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Some people seem to have a lot of trouble switching over to biological methods of agriculture. Read the first page
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Midwestern Bio-Ag, United States, The Biological Fanner, North Carolina, Crop Science, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, Journal of Economic Entomology, Otter Creek Organic Farm, Agronomy Journal, Kalmes Farms, Mike Lovlien, Duane Siegenthaler, The Michigan, World War
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