Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index.

Chapter one. The new micro eco-farmers -- Chapter two. A treasury of new and ancient crops the world now embraces. The return to local production -- Heirlooms -- Culinary specialties from local communities, wild crops, seed-saving, and cuisines and cultures from around the world -- Further niches and on-farm products -- Selling the "whole package" along with the crop -- Focusing and testing the market.

Chapter three. The animals: ancient breeds, wildlife, and a new vision. Reuniting the fauna with the flora -- Filling the need for locally produced or specialty products -- Types of animals, and more product possibilities -- One-of-a-kind products -- Animal farmhands -- Wildlife -- Selling the whole experience -- Beyond humane.

Chapter four. Three new foundations for "Restoring Eden". Restore all the earth's original elements needed for full creation -- When they were once plentiful -- Where they went and how we get them back -- Restore the soil's original regenerative microbes, the earth's digestive system -- Leave the earth alone.

Chapter five. The abundance methods: a sampler of productive micro eco-farming techniques. Abundant farming designs -- Square foot gardening -- Intensive wide-row spacing -- Intercropping -- nook gardening -- Succession planting or continual harvest -- Vertical growing -- Permaculture and the "layering effect" -- Regionally adapted crops -- Companion planting -- Multi-cropping -- Giving the planting areas a jump start -- Permanent raised beds -- Biointensive -- Worm casting -- Microclimates: increasing yield and extending the harvest -- The American intensive appliances -- Four-season harvest method -- Farm animals and pastures -- Paddock rotation combined with species diversification -- Herbal pastures -- Hedgerows, pasture trees, and the "European long acre" -- Portable, bottomless pens, and combining animals with orchards and vineyards -- the deep litter method, or "scratch run" for poultry -- Accelerating the fertility of crops and pastures above the soil -- Foliar feeding and compost tea -- Water technology -- Inviting the entire universe -- Radionics/paramagnetics -- Biodynamics.

Chapter six. Orchestration, diversity and adaptability: the power behind the micro eco-farm. Beyond the farms, bringing the rest of the symphony into the picture -- Direct contact with the community -- Resources already available.

Chapter seven. How to begin, how to learn, how to continue to flourish as the Earth is restored. Returning home to the farm (even if for the first time) -- How do I begin with no money? -- How do I become a farmer? -- How do I learn to farm a new way? -- How do I know what the laws are? -- how much money can I expect to make? How will I sell what I grow? -- Stories unfolding on a earth eager to bloom again.

Epilogue. Growing children's souls: families and children on the farm. Micro eco-farming allows children back onto the farm again, in a real, participatory way -- A new farm product: reviving the hearts of children -- Kinship with nature/faith in the unseen -- Coming full circle -- Attaching nature to human society -- Blending "process" with a tangible goal -- Being a contributor to their community -- Being supported by the village -- Fond memories of May on Island Meadow Farm -- Appendices. 25 unique micro eco-farm themes -- Resources and networking.

Reveals the secrets of successful micro eco-farming and explains what eco-farmers need to know to start their own small agribusiness. --From publisher description.

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