Over several years I have studied hundreds of different practitioners of the land healing arts.
Here is a listing of some who I've studied, a little info on them and a link to their web sites.
There are many videos of them on line, so look for those too!
Joel Salatin
http://www.polyfacefarms.com/
Mr. Salatin operates an integrated animal farm in Virginia, has written about a dozen books. A person who wants to farm with animals should definitely study his practices.
Dr. Elaine Ingham
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/
Everything a person needs to know about soil biology can be learned from Dr. Ingham. Kinna dry, but high quality information.
Sir Albert Howard
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.8463&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Sir Albert Howard LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON AEROBIC COMPOSTING!
While he passed from this earth 70 years ago, his book should be required reading for farmers.
Bill Mollison
http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Permaculture/Bill_Mollison-Permaculture_Two-Practical_Design_for_Town_and_Country_in_Permanent_Agriculture.pdf
As the founder of Permaculture, he laid the groundwork for what I regard as "Reasonable Farming"
Greg Judy
http://www.greenpasturesfarm.net/
Greg Judy is an expert in multi-species grazing systems, specializing in application on leased land. Kind of a niche market, but quite useful.
Jean-Martin Fortier
http://www.themarketgardener.com/
Mr. Fortier is a market gardener in Canada. I view him as an expert in produce farm organization and operation.
Darren Dourghty
http://www.regrarians.org/
As founder of the Regrarian movement, Mr. Dourghty knows landscape design and use as well as anyone else.
Alan Savory
https://www.savory.global/
As the developer of holistic management, Mr. Savory's insights are irreplacable.
Wes Jackson
https://landinstitute.org/
If you want to learn about shifting from annual crops to perennial crops, he's your man!
Paul Wheaton
http://Permies.com
http://Richsoil.com
Paul Wheaton (while a complete maniac) distributes more free information about Permaculture than anyone else I know of.
Geoff Lawton
http://www.geofflawtononline.com/
Search for and watch "Greening The Desert". 'Nuf said!
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greenbiz.com
greensagecafe.com
slideshare.net
permaculturenews.org
foodandfarmconference.com
commons.wikimedia.org
regrarians.org
ted.com
npr.org
permies.com
en.wikipedia.org
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