Introduction
Chapter 1: The New Micro Eco-Farmers
Chapter 2: A Treasury of New and Ancient Crops the World Now Embraces
The Return to Local Production; Heirlooms; Culinary Specialties from Local Communities, Wild Crops, Seed-Saving, and Cuisines and Cultures from Around the World; Further Niches and On-Farm Products; Selling the “Whole Package” Along with the Crop; Focusing and Testing the Market
Chapter 3: The Animals: Ancient Breeds, Wildlife, and a New Vision
Reuniting the fauna with the flora; Filling the need for locally produced or specialty products; Types of animals, and more product possibilities; One-of-a-kind products; Animal farmhands, just for letting them do what they already want to do; Wildlife; Selling the whole experience; Beyond humane
Chapter 4: Three New Foundations for “Restoring Eden”
Restore all the earth’s original elements needed for full creation; When they were once plentiful; Where they went and how we get them back; Restore the soil?s original regenerative microbes, the earth?s digestive system; Leave the earth alone
Chapter 5: The Abundance Methods: A Sampler of Productive Micro Eco-Farming Techniques
Abundant farming designs; Square Foot Gardening; Intensive wide-row spacing; Intercropping; Nook gardening; Succession planting or continual harvest; Vertical growing; Permaculture and the “layering effect”; Regionally adapted crops; Companion planting Block multi-cropping; Giving the Planting Areas a Jump Start; Permanent raised beds; Biointensive; Worm castings; Microclimates: increasing yield and extending the harvest; The American Intensive appliances; Four-Season Harvest method; Farm Animals and Pastures; Paddock rotation combined with species diversification; Herbal Pastures; Hedgerows, pasture trees, and the “European Long Acre”; Portable, bottomless pens, and combining animals with orchards and vineyards The deep litter method, or “scratch run” for poultry; Accelerating the fertility of crops and pastures above the soil; Foliar Feeding and Compost Tea; Water technology; Inviting the entire universe; Radionics/Paramagnetics; Biodynamics
Chapter 6: Orchestration, Diversity and Adaptability: The Power Behind the Micro Eco-Farm
Beyond the farm, bringing the rest of the symphony into the picture; Direct contact with the community; Resources already available
Chapter 7: Growing Children’s Souls: Families and Children on theFarm
Micro Eco-Farming Allows Children Back onto the Farm Again, in a Real, Participatory Way; A New Farm Product: Reviving the Hearts of Children; Kinship with Nature/Faith in the Unseen; Coming Full Circle; Attaching Nature to Human Society; Blending “process” with a tangible goal; Being a contributor to their community; Being supported by the village
Chapter 8: How to Begin, How to Learn, How to Continue to Flourish as the Earth is Restored
Returning home to the farm (even if for the first time); How do I begin with no money?; How do I become a farmer?; How do I learn to farm a new way?; How do I know what the laws are?; How much money can I expect to make?; Stories unfolding on an earth eager to bloom again
Epilogue
New Possibilities and Fond Memories; Sampler of 25 unique micro eco-farm themes; Fond Memories of May on Island Meadow Farm
Resources and Networking