This week’s #spellbooksaturday feature was read as we prepare for the big move to the future home of Hedge Witch Farms, and gosh, what a wonderful resource!
The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer by Jeff & Melanie Carpenter
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In the first edition of The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer, authors Jeff and Melanie Carpenter presented a comprehensive seed-to-bottle guide for aspiring and experienced growers alike, from basic business considerations to planting and propagation to creating value-added products. Now they’re back with a revised and updated edition, sharing the lessons they’ve learned throughout their twenty-five years of operating a medicinal herb farm that prizes quality over quantity.
The Carpenters offer their insights and tips on every aspect of herb farming, including:
- Size and scale considerations
- Data management for profit maximization
- The herbal marketplace and choosing which herbs to grow
- Field and bed preparation and planting, including building soil fertility
- Plant-positive weed, pest, and disease control
- Harvest and post-harvest processing, including scalable dryer construction
- Value-added products and marketing
- A new chapter on growing cannabis
- And much more!
The Carpenters make the case that growing organic medicinal herbs is not only viable and profitable, but also an important step for improving the ecological health of farmland, taking pressure off of wild medicinal plant populations, and increasing biodiversity. While local foodways are more often the focus of attention, local medicine ways are equally critical and in need of restoration.
(source: bookshop.org)
I frequently have customers ask for recommendations on resources for their own herbal journey, and whether planning for a large-scale operation or a home garden, The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer is a fabulous resource!
Have you read The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer? What were your thoughts? Share in the comments!
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