The Lean Micro Farm
Ben's newest book, about using the lean system to start up a high profit micro farm. For homesteaders, second-career farmers, part-time farmers, or anyone wanting a micro-sized profitable farm.
The Lean Farm
Tells the story of Clay Bottom Farm and how any farm can apply the lean system to minimize waste, increase efficiency, and maximize value and profits with less work. Winner of the Shingo Prize.
The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables
A comprehensive guide showing cutting edge, lean methods to guide market gardeners in all aspects of vegetables production, from starting seeds to selling your crop. An essential field guide companion to The Lean Farm.
The Lean Farm Story
In 2011, one of Clay Bottom Farm's CSA customers approached Ben and Rachel, the owners, with the idea of applying the lean methods that he was using in his trailer factory to their farm. The result: the two farmers cut their growing area from five acres to less than one, got rid of most of their tools, and started to work far fewer hours. Yet every season that they downsized, they grew more profitable. Together, The Lean Farm books make the case that farming can still be a viable career for anyone willing to farm "smaller and smarter."