You Can Farm

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise

De: Joel Salatin

Narrado por: Joel Salatin

Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? Too often people dare not even vocalize this desire because it seems absurd. It's like thinking the unthinkable.

After all, the farm population is dwindling. It takes too much capital to start. The pay is too low. The working conditions are dusty, smelly and noisy: Not the place to raise a family. This is all true, and more, for most farmers.

But for farm entrepreneurs, the opportunities for a farm family business have never been greater. The aging farm population is creating cavernous niches begging to be filled by creative visionaries who will go in dynamic new directions. As the industrial agriculture complex crumbles and our culture clambers for clean food, the countryside beckons anew with profitable farming opportunities.

While this audiobook can be helpful to all farmers, it targets the wannabes, the folks who actually entertain notions of living, loving and learning on a piece of land. Anyone willing to dance with such a dream should be able to assess its assets and liabilities; its fantasies and realities. "Is it really possible for me?" is the burning question this audiobook addresses.

You Can Farm is wonderfully narrated by the author, Joel Salatin, who co-owns (with his family) Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia.

©2018 Joel Salatin (P)2020 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Easy to understand!

Joel laid out very simple plans that I feel I can replicate. I ordered all his books from his website.

I loved every word!

Thank you Joel speaking your mind and making no excuses. Thank you for imparting your wisdom and experience in this book. This information is beneficial for the farmer, future farmer, or anyone looking for business enterprise advise. I think everyone could use a good dose of Joel's common sense.

The best.

Every want-to-be farmer or struggling-to-make-ends-meet farmer should read this book. The game has changed and Joel gives you the recipe to make a white collar salary farming (hint: it has nothing to to with ‘conventional agriculture’).

Reading now in 2021 this book is as relevant as when it was written in the late 90’s. Joel’s foresight is proved out and the trends pushing profitable farming in this direction have only strengthened.

wealth of information

Joel is so informative, it's overwhelming. That's a good thing. I will be listening to this several more times. Love this book.

very informative book.

Joel Salatin does a good job explaining how one can farm if one really wants to. many good ideas on how to start a farm. A must read for the farm dreaming people.

Practical and Informative

Some may not agree with all of Joel's ideas or beliefs, but you can't argue with his knowledge and experience. This book does contain numerous insightful bits of wisdom and concrete strategies to run a profitable business

Great value!

Ive often heard Joel talk about Biodynamics and basics like, happy healthy animals make healthy delicious food, but to hear him go in depth on the marketing and economics that go into farming just goes to show how well rounded and experienced Joel is. This book is full of great applicable info that doesn't have to stay within a farm context!

Excellent Information.

This man has a very straightforward and practical approach.

There was so much good information here I don't know where to start, so I won't.

If you're interested in taking a more hands-on approach to controlling where your food comes from, this book should be in your list of reference material.

He touches on everything from philosophy to marketing. I have learned a ton from my first listen-through, and it won't be the last.

Thank you Mr. Salatin.

A career’s worth of knowledge!

Joel’s book is a very thorough guide to the business. I see this book being my ongoing reference as we venture from garden and into the farming world.

Has relevant in 2021 then 1998

I think a few concept could be updated since the internet has changed marketing so much. But the main idea is probably more relevant today then 20 years ago. I think this book is highly inspirational and has great concepts that can be further explored. It is a general book that is meant for people without a farming background.