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The Winter Market Gardener is a guide to year-round vegetable production. Based on years of experimentation in techniques, tools, and cultivars, it presents planting, care, and harvesting details for dozens of winter crops that earn money and provide the highest quality, most delicious produce for local markets.
List of contents
Foreword
Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year-Round. . . and Why We Should
The Knowledge and Skills of Northern Growers
Using Simple Shelters to Protect Crops
Winter Crop Planning
Vegetables in Winter
Tools for Winter Growing
Tending to Winter Crops
Fall Harvests for Cold Storage
Growing and Selling Vegetables Year-Round
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
About New Society Publishers
About the author
Jean-Martin Fortier is a farmer, author, educator, and advocate for regenerative, human-scale, profitable agriculture. For over 20 years he and his wife Maude-Helene Desroches have operated les Jardins de la Grelinette, a successful 2-acre microfarm. His bestselling book
The Market Gardener, which has sold a quarter million copies in nine languages, describes the biointensive principles used at his micro-farm. In 2015, he established a research farm, la Ferme des Quatre-Temps, where he trains apprentices and develops new strategies for market gardening, including year-round production. His methods of production are taught to a worldwide audience through the Market Gardener Masterclass, an online course of the Market Gardener Institute, which is tailored to small-scale food growers. He is the founder of Growers & Co., a tool and apparel company which celebrates sustainable, local, and equitable food producers. Jean-Martin farms and lives in Quebec, Canada.
Catherine Sylvestre is the director of vegetable production at la Ferme des Quatre-Temps, a collaborative farm project inspired by the principles of ecological polyculture and regenerative agriculture. Leader of the market garden team, she trains program participants and develops and implements best practices for cold season growing, specializing in crop protection and greenhouse production for northern climates. She is also technical advisor at the Market Gardener Institute, where she studies and teaches organic agriculture. In addition to her field experience, Catherine has a BSc in Ecological Agriculture and Professional Agrology and a Master's degree in Political Science. Her academic focus has been the rich and complex relationship between human beings and nature, which meets in agriculture. Through her research, writing, and training, Catherine hopes to provide other farmers and market gardeners with the tools and knowledge to produce their own successful winter harvests. She lives in Quebec, Canada.
Summary
The Winter Market Gardener is a guide to year-round vegetable production. Based on years of experimentation in techniques, tools, and cultivars, it presents planting, care, and harvesting details for dozens of winter crops that earn money and provide the highest quality, most delicious produce for local markets.
Foreword
- Co-op available
- Galleys available
- National advertising, print, and excerpts:
- Mother Earth News, Hobby Farm, Growing for Market, Growers & Co, Acres USA
- Online/social media campaign
- Facebook/Instagram Live event and giveaway with authors
- Outreach to author's 117k Instagram followers;33k Market Garden Institute followers; 24k Growers & Co. followers
- Live forum on Permies.com
- Promotion on New Society Publishers' social media platforms
- General tour info
- Authors speak extensively across the US. Will update with specific cities as they become available
- Promotion through the author's website:www.themarketgardener.com
- Bookseller promotion: ABA Galley giveaway
