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Besides the obvious uses we have for our own food, we use almost all home grown grain for our animals. He was the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farmrelated issues, and believed that sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system. An organic guide to growing, processing, and using nutritious whole grains for home gardeners and local farmers, second edition by gene. Smallscale grain raising aims to set the record straight, by laying out exactly how much land you need to raise a reasonable quantity of various grains, and the.
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