All Flesh Is Grass by Gene LogsdonThis book is a must read/own for anyone considering grass farming (pasture based livestock). In the book he discusses:How to set up a rotation of pasturesWhich plants he prefers and ones that will do well in other climatesHow to graze the pasturesWhat problems specific pastures (plant type) might pose to livestockHow to cut pastures for hay and silageHow to seed pastures with the minimum of equipmentHow to divide permanent pastures and temporary pastures (used for gardens, hay making, growing grains, etc.)How to build and maintain fencesStocking rates for animals (though this varies by region and quality of the soil)What plants to avoid in your pasturesWhich trees are good on pasturesGood and Bad weeds for grazingHow to make a haystackHow to build a reserve of plant material for winter grazingHow to approach year round grazing with minimal hay or grain feedAnd most importantly how to let the animals do most of the workThis book is aimed more at a garden farmer who is trying to maximize self sufficiency than the production minded market/commercial farmer. For commercial farmers who are willing to sacrifice some of the quantity for quality, then this book will work for you too. Most of the discussion is framed around farms in the 5-50 acre range. It is still helpful for those who will have less land for a few animals and is also scalable for farms in the 50-500 acre range. Gene is not anti grain , he just believes in planting it with other crops like clover and letting the animals harvest and feed it to them selves. Instead of 90% grain and 10% pasture he advocates for 80% pasture and 20% grain. Though on his farm he only dedicates about 10% to corn in one of his temporary pastures. This corn he recommends sheep graze first, then hogs, and finally dry cows and draft animals.What is not covered, and for good reason, is how many animals to stock on how much land for how long in a rotational grazing system. The reason is it will be different fro every farm. Depending on what mix of animals you have, the quality of the soil, how much rain, what plant types and which species of those plants is how you need to base those decisions. That can only be done by the eye of the farmer and knowledge gained from years of experience. For this reason he suggest that someone who wants to get into commercial pastured meat products first start with a small farm and learn the technique, before investing lots of money and learning the hard way.This book is good for a laugh and knowledge for beginners, as well as a reference to other books and publications on pasture based farming.