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The self-build guide

What can you find in the self-build guide?

With tutorials and technical drawings to build 16 tools adapted to organic vegetable production, this book is an instruction manual for becoming self-sufficient in terms of farming machinery. Included are principles of self-building, methods and techniques, regulatory considerations, and most importantly, examples of tools tested by vegetable growers presented in the form of building tutorials, allowing you to develop your skills and expertise around the tools you work with.

The guide is spiral bound and 246 pages long with a folding cover, designed to be easy to use and long lasting. It will accompany you in your farming project and throughout your career. It’s a source of inspiration which you can use and enrich with your own adaptations.

To read extracts from the Self-build guide
The book costs €145 excluding promotional offers

To purchase a guide, fill in the order form and send us a cheque through the post.

English translation of the guide

Following numerous requests from English speakers, we would like to translate the guide into English. If you can imagine yourself leading this project, or have several thousands Euros to put towards the international dissemination of farming skills, get in touch!