All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming
In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and palatable—virtual salads for livestock. Leafy pastures also hold the soil, increase biodiversity, and create lovely landscapes. Grass farming may be the solution for a stressed agricultural system based on an industrial model and propped up by federal subsidies. The pasture farming that Gene Logsdon practices can also produce grains, fruits, herbs,...
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Gene Logsdon believes pastoral farming is the solution for a stressed agricultural system. In All Flesh Is Grass, he explains historically effective practices and new techniques that have blossomed in recent years for the sustainable care of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry. Logsdon's warm profiles of successful grass farmers offer inspiration and ideas. His narrative is enriched by his experience as a "contrary farmer" on his own artisan-scale farm.The culmination of a lifetime's experience, this book is vital for owners of small acreages, home food producers, horse enthusiasts, and sustainable commercial farmers. Library Journal Logsdon (The Contrary Farmer) mixes philosophy, opinion, farming specifics, and practical advice in this provocative look at the age-old practice of grassland, or pasture, farming. The author describes this method-in which cattle, sheep, and other livestock are managed in paddocks (plots) of bluegrass, clover, alfalfa, and other mixes of grasses and legumes-and even discusses pasturing horses, mules, and donkeys, a healthy alternative to the common small, manure-filled shed with a barren dirt lot. Logsdon relates experiences from his small Ohio farm and tells the stories of other successful grass-farming operations. For urban refugees in the country, he stresses the ease with which pasture farming can be accomplished on a small acreage with only a few animals and demonstrates how well it fits in with traditional gardening and lawn care. Recommended for public and academic libraries where there is an interest in back-to-the-land books.-William H. Wiese, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
1Pasture farming, the newest and oldest agriculture12How I came to pasture farming213Some commercial grass farms374A pasture garden535Good fences still make good neighbors606Water in every paddock747Pasturing horses, mules, and donkeys848Sheep on pasture909Milk and beef from pasture cows10810The rising farm interest in goats11811Root, hog, or die12312Chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys love to graze13313Bluegrass, ryegrass, and white clover14714Alfalfa, red clover, and ladino clover15515Legumes of regional importance16816Other noteworthy pasture grasses17417Grains for grazing18918Other plants with pasture potential20319Weeds - the good, the bad, and the beautiful20920Making hay and silage22621Trees in the pasture23622A walk on the wild side245
\ Library JournalLogsdon (The Contrary Farmer) mixes philosophy, opinion, farming specifics, and practical advice in this provocative look at the age-old practice of grassland, or pasture, farming. The author describes this method-in which cattle, sheep, and other livestock are managed in paddocks (plots) of bluegrass, clover, alfalfa, and other mixes of grasses and legumes-and even discusses pasturing horses, mules, and donkeys, a healthy alternative to the common small, manure-filled shed with a barren dirt lot. Logsdon relates experiences from his small Ohio farm and tells the stories of other successful grass-farming operations. For urban refugees in the country, he stresses the ease with which pasture farming can be accomplished on a small acreage with only a few animals and demonstrates how well it fits in with traditional gardening and lawn care. Recommended for public and academic libraries where there is an interest in back-to-the-land books.-William H. Wiese, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
