by Frédéric Theriault and Daniel Brisebois, 136 pages, 7½x9, softcover. If I’d had this book when I started farming, I would have avoided many mistakes. Published by Canadian Organic Growers, it’s full of tools to plan for success before your first seed hits the soil. Charts, calculations and records—all the dry bones of keeping information handy, farming profitable and certification inspections smooth. Succinct chapters move from setting financial goals to developing a marketing plan, projecting planting schedules, compiling a seed order, farming, analyzing before planning another year. For farmers, next year always holds the promise of being better; this book could make it so. -Nikos Kavanya
