About the Author

Ben Hartman grew up on a corn and soybean farm in Indiana and graduated from college with degrees in English and philosophy. Together with his wife, Rachel Hershberger, he owns and operates Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, where they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on less than one acre. The farm has twice won Edible Michiana’s Reader’s Choice award. Ben’s first book, The Lean Farm, won the Shingo Institute’s prestigious Publication Award. In 2017, Ben was named one of Grist’s fifty emerging green leaders in the United States. Clay Bottom Farm has developed an online course in lean farming, which can be found at www.claybottomfarm.com.