The lean farm : how to minimize waste, increase efficiency, and maximize value and profits with less work / Ben Hartman ; illustrations by Emma Gerigscott.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781603585927 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1603585923 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xii, 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Every tool in its place -- Farming for your customers -- Learning to see value -- Ten types of farm waste -- Flow I: tools to root out farm production waste -- Flow II: tools to root out farm management waste -- Lean farm sales: pull, not push -- Continuous improvement (Kaizen) -- Respect for people: lean and farm staff -- Lean applied at Clay Bottom Farm: ten specific cases -- The lean farm start-up -- The limits of lean in agriculture -- Lean for more than profit. |
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Subject: | Agriculture > Waste minimization. Lean manufacturing. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Orford Libraries.
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Orford Social Library | 628/.746 | 34190000117209 | New items | Available | - |
BookList Review
The Lean Farm : How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
The concept of lean manufacturing originally began during the 1980s in Japanese auto factories, such as those owned by Toyota, and it embraces a work ethic of eliminating as much waste as possible to give consumers the best value for their purchase. Using his own Clay Bottom Farm in Indiana as a proving ground, Hartman adapted this lean philosophy to support a thriving business, growing and selling enough specialty produce to support himself and his wife by harvesting only a single acre of land. In this lucidly written, well-organized guidebook, Hartman lays out the fundamentals of lean farming for any grower hoping to follow his example, from limiting materials and transportation needs to more efficiently using staff member talents. Along with many useful charts and photos, Hartman includes 10 case studies from his own farm, illustrating how trimming away unneeded practices led to big production gains. Although Hartman's target audience here is organic, small-scale growers, anyone involved in a larger agribusiness-owned operation will find his advice remarkably useful and ultimately very profitable.--Hays, Carl Copyright 2015 Booklist