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Whether you're just dreaming or an old hand, Ben Falk's longer experience horizon is invaluable.\"--Joel Salatin, cofounder, Polyface Farm; author of \u003cem\u003eEverything I Want to Do Is Illegal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformed by twenty years of successful land management and the professional design experience of his pioneering firm Whole Systems Design, LLC, author Ben Falk updates his classic text and delivers \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e definitive twenty-first century systems thinking manual in self-reliance--sure to empower readers to prioritize projects, make positive lifestyle decisions, and take strategic steps toward a regenerative future. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Falk describes how he has transformed a degraded hillside in the frigid Vermont climate into a thriving, biodiverse Eden that now provides year-round abundance for his family and community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2013, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Farm and Homestead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a comprehensive how-to guide for building durable and productive land-based systems through the reciprocal interplay of humans and the natural world. In the ten years since he first published this seminal work, Falk has deepened his wisdom in harnessing nature-based solutions for increasingly challenging times, including addressing severe climate disruptions like drought and flood conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book covers every strategy Falk and his team have tested on the Whole Systems Research Farms over the past two decades and includes detailed information on earthworks, gravity-fed water systems, soil fertility management, growing nutrient-dense food and medicine, fuelwood production, agroforestry, managed grazing, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete with full-color photography and detailed design drawings\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEdition\u003c\/em\u003e includes new information on: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigning greenhouses and microclimates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReinvigorating human health and embodying a vigorous lifestyle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaising children on a homestead\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreating failure-proof and resilient energy systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocusing on permaculture beekeeping\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCultivating proven cold climate plants\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOvercoming analysis paralysis and mastering the art of knowing where to start and when to take strategic risks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd much, much more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an age that feels defined by disconnection, disease, and decline, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEdition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a roadmap to conquering uncertainty, maximizing efficiency, and creating a bountiful, manageable landscape that will endure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Essential reading for the serious prepper as well as for everyone interested in creating a more resilient lifestyle.\"--Carol Deppe, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This intelligent, challenging book, rooted somewhere between back-to-the-land idealism and radical survivalism, sees resilience as both planting and building for the use of future generations, but also as preparing food, water, shelter, and the human body and psyche for the onset of any imaginable extreme emergency. . . . The result is a comprehensive, open-ended, theoretical and practical system for a post-carbon-dependent life.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review of first edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Falk\u003c\/strong\u003e, M.A.L.D, developed Whole Systems Design, LLC, as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben's integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape in Vermont's Mad River Valley serves as a proving ground for Whole Systems Design's innovative land developments. 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