THE LEAN FARM: HOW TO MINIMIZE WASTE, INCREASE EFFICIENCY, AND MAXIMIZE VALUE AND PROFITS WITH LESS WORK

Book ID/图书代码： 03008016B90042

English Summary/英文概要： To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in every aspect of the farm operation, The Lean Farm makes the case that small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor.

Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are now being followed on progressive farms around the world. Using examples from his own family’s one-acre community- supported farm in Indiana, Hartman clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. While the intended audience for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food movement, Hartman’s prescriptions for high-value, low- cost production apply to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness the power of lean in their production processes.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如今，在许多人看来，在同一句话中同时使用“工厂”和“农场”这两个词或许有些奇怪，然而，在许多情况下，无论是生产汽车还是种植胡萝卜，稳健的商业实践同样适用于这两种场合。作者Ben Hartman和其他几位年轻的农场主发现，将企业中的最佳创意运用到他们的农场管理中，能够大幅度减少浪费、增加利润，令他们的农场在环境和经济上都能得到更为可持续的发展。《精简农场》一书通过解释用于确认并消除浪费、提高效率的“精简体系”，阐述了小规模的农场经营对于对种植庄稼感兴趣的年轻人来说是一种颇具吸引力的职业选择。运用头脑管理农场，而非一味地埋头苦干，这样就能防止许多刚开始创业的农场主经常会遇到的问题——漫长、累人的体力劳动。

“精简原则”源于日本汽车工业，但现已运用到全球许多进步革新的农场中。作者Hartman利用自己家里位于印第安纳州的“一亩地”例子，清晰地指导其他小型农场主如何将“精简原则”引入到生产链的每个步骤，从开始筹备农场到收割庄稼，从培训员工到售卖商品……尽管这本书针对的读者群是小型农场主，但作者Hartman对于高价值、低成本生产的指示适用于几乎所有的农场或企业。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“我们给每位新员工都发放一本Ben的著作，供他们学习。采取“精简原则”至关重要，令我们100英亩的蔬菜农场变得和谐有序。”——Pete Johnson

“Ben的书就和他的农场一样，干净有序，结构清晰，通俗易懂。但他提出的想法却具有革新性。《精简农场》是近10年来针对粮食种植和农场经营的最具原创性的一部读物。”——Steve G. Hallett，普渡大学教授

“We give every new employee a copy of Ben’s writing to study. Adopting lean principles has been critical for bringing organization, focus, and harmony to our 100-acre fully diversified vegetable farm. ’A place for every thing, and every thing in its place’ is a refrain we repeat over and over.”—Pete Johnson, owner of Pete’s Greens, Craftsbury, VT

“Ben’s writing, like his farm, is clean, well organized, and easy to follow—but his ideas are revolutionary. The Lean Farm is one of the most original and innovative books on food and farming to come out in the last decade.”—Steve G. Hallett, professor of horticulture at Purdue University

About the Author/作者介绍： Ben Hartman 在印第安纳州的一个玉米大豆农场长大，大学攻读英语和哲学专业。Ben和他的妻子Rachel Hershberger共同拥有并经营位于印第安纳州的Clay Bottom农场，他们靠着出售仅一亩地种出的农作物为生，他们所种植的粮食出售到当地的餐馆和咖啡厅，同时也通过集市、“社区支持农业”（CSA）项目出售。他们的农场曾两度获得大奖。

Ben Hartman grew up on a corn and soybean farm in Indiana and graduated college with degrees in English and philosophy. Ben and his wife, Rachel Hershberger, own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, where they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on less than one acre. Their food is sold locally to restaurants and cafeterias, at a farmers market, and through a community-supported-agriculture (CSA) program. The farm has twice won Edible Michiana’s Reader’s Choice award.

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