Product Description

A must-have magazine for rural enthusiasts. Hobby Farms embraces the growing segment of the population that is returning to farm life in search of a more meaningful existence. Article topics include livestock husbandry, sustainable agriculture and crop growth, equipment purchasing, successful small farms and agricultural events.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195 in Magazine Subscriptions
• Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print

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Editorial Reviews

Who Reads Hobby Farms?
The ultimate owner's manual for rural enthusiasts, Hobby Farms embraces the growing segment of the population that is returning to farm life in search of a more meaningful existence. Hobby Farms is ideal for everyone from pocket farmers looking to make a profit from their part-time farming endeavors to hobby farmers who have a passion for farm life.

What You Can Expect in Each Issue:

• Livestock Q&A: Readers' questions answered by experts in the field.
• Buying the Farm: Answers to your questions about purchasing rural real estate.
• Farm Garden: Our horticulture expert gives timely tips to maintain a beautiful farm garden.
• How Do I?: Step-by-step instructions for all types of farm improvement projects.
• Farm to Table: Farm fresh ingredients used in easy seasonal recipes.
• Food for Thought: Focus on the food issues we face today as they relate to farming.
• Tools of the Trade: Explores useful farm, ranch or gardening equipment offering a comparison of several different models.
• Farmers Market: New products to help and inspire.
• Readers Resume: Our readers tell their stories about how they became hobby farmers and what they do on the farm today.
• Happenings: News and calendar items from around the nation.
• Features: Each information-packed issue features articles on subjects like planting, growing, and harvesting advice, livestock and breed profiles, sustainable living, crop profiles and advice, and farm marketing and management. Recent feature topics include: "The Art & Science of Hay," "Wildlife Management 101," "Harvesting the Wind," "Get Good Eggs," "Bottle Babies," and "Soil Blocks for Transplanting Success."

Past Issues:

Contributors:
The lifestyles of the Hobby Farms editorial staff mirror those of our readers. Being hobby farmers themselves, editors and contributors are dedicated to providing quality coverage to others who pursue the same interests. Contributors are experts in their field and include Carol Ekarius, Sue Weaver, Cherie Langlois, Michelle Bender, Susan Brackney, Rick Gush, Dr. Dianne Hellwig, and Dr. Lyle G. McNeal.

Magazine Layout
The editors and designers use leading-edge graphic design to create a visually appealing and informational magazine. Every feature includes beautiful four color photography, and "How To" articles include helpful step-by-step photos.

Comparisons to Other Magazines
Whether your dream of a rural life is for pleasure or profit, Hobby Farms is the magazine created with you in mind. The magazine provides inspiration to live your dream, as well as the practical information you need to make it a reality. Compared to other magazines, readers will find a higher quality look and feel, more useful information and real world advice, and a feeling of community.

Advertising
Advertising is relevant to the magazine, offering products and services you will need for your farm. A Reader Service and Advertising Directory is included in each issue featuring the page number of the advertiser, their phone number, and their website url. Reader service request cards are available to find out more information about advertised products.

Awards
Hobby Farms won six design awards in the 2007 American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) Annual Awards Design Category.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful for Hobby Farmers!
I have subscribed to Hobby Farms magazine for the past three years and enjoy every issue cover to cover! The articles are written so those with little to no experience can understand and use them as well as those with more experience may learn helpful hints they might not have known or sources and facts newly available. Though corrections may be added or information post scripted to an article(as one of the reviewers mentioned), this is a strength in my eyes not a weakness! A magazine should not spend its time and space trying to encompass every single detail possible. Instead it should give readers enough information to gain a basic foundation and a beginning guide or helpful tips for along the way on a hobby farmer's journey and this magazine does a wonderful job! From "How to" articles to "Did You Know" write-ups complete with web site and book reference information for further exploration to full color pictures, if you own or dream of one day owning a Hobby Farm, this magazine is for you!!

Interesting and Practical
Hobby Farms draws you into their 'meaty' articles with good photos and clear writing. The articles aren't just fluff- they present usable info that helps you succeed on small scale raising-your-own-food acreages.

Great down-to-Earth magazine
Although we've only received a few issues, they have been great! It covers a lot of topics (although most are only briefly touched upon--wish some went more in-depth) and is never boring. A great magazine with very realistic ideas and projects.