Hartman, Ben
Summary: At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, by cutting out more waste - of time, labor, space, money - every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto industry, the end result has been increased profits and less work. In this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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Summary: To many people today, using the words factory and farm in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2015
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Summary: ""Ben Hartman is a true innovator for the small farm."-Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer It's time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and "green leader" (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and innovators around the world to show us how. In the early 1970s, US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2023