Copyright © 2013 by Ben Falk.
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Unless otherwise noted, all photographs copyright © 2013 by Ben Falk.
Unless otherwise noted, all illustrations copyright © 2013 by Cornelius Murphy and Ben Falk.
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Printed in the United States of America.
First printing May, 2013.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Falk, Ben, 1977–
The resilient farm and homestead : an innovative permaculture and whole systems design approach / Ben Falk.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60358-444-9 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-60358-445-6 (ebook)
1. Permaculture. 2. Permaculture—Vermont. 3. Agricultural ecology. 4. Agricultural ecology—Vermont. 5. Restoration ecology.
6. Restoration ecology—Vermont. I. Title.
S494.5.P47F35 2013
631.5'8—dc23
2013004638
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For my parents, Marcia and Stephen Falk, with gratitude.
And for the generations after me, I hope this helps.