Polyface Designs

A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastructure

Foreword by Justin Rhodes
Publisher: Polyface

A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm’s signature designs–with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error

Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting started, folks adding enterprises, or folks wanting a cheaper bootstrap way to build portable livestock infrastructure, Polyface Designs has all the diagrams and do-it-yourself building specifications. Joel Salatin wrote the text and Polyface former apprentice and engineer extraordinaire Chris Slattery did the drawings. Ultimately practical, the book includes how to build a corral, a home-made head gate and even how to select the right axle for your project. Square footage requirements for the deep bedding hay shed and area advice for pig pastures make this the definitive repository for a lifetime of Polyface experimentation.

A massive volume, its 568 pages are in full color and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book even though you’ll use it in your shop. Don’t let the cover price scare you; one building tip can more than save the price of the book.

About The Author


About Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events. 

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Pages:568 pages
Book Art:Full-color illustrations throughout
Size: 8.5 x 11 inch
Publisher:Polyface
US Pub. Date: March 1, 2021
UK Pub. Date: April 8, 2021
Paperback: 9781733686617

Available In/Retail Price

Paperback, 568 pages, $90USD, £70.00GBP