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The Winter Harvest Handbook The Winter Harvest Handbook Eliot Coleman Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with "The New Organic … OL15973272W
Growing a farmer Growing a farmer Kurt Timmermeister A former Seattle urbanite and restaurateur describes the realities of establishing a profitable farm on Vashon Island, his growing awareness of the relationship between food and its sources, and the … OL15975888W
Turn Here Sweet Corn Turn Here Sweet Corn Atina Diffley In her story of working the land, Atina Diffley reminds us that we live in relationships--with the earth, plants and animals, families and communities. A memoir of making these essential relationship… OL16362697W
The sheer ecstasy of being a lunatic farmer The sheer ecstasy of being a lunatic farmer Joel Salatin Foodies and environmentally minded folks often struggle to understand and articulate the fundamental differences between the farming and food systems they endorse and those promoted by Monsanto and f… OL16470716W
A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die Edith Maxwell Farmer Cameron Flaherty's first growing season has gotten off to a slow start, but her CSA is flourishing thanks to a group of subscribers led by enthusiastic Brazilian volunteer Lucinda DaSilva. The… OL17873772W
The economics of organic farming The economics of organic farming Nicolas Lampkin,Susanne Padel Organic (ecological) farming, with its emphasis on sustainable agro-ecosystem management and the use of locally-derived, renewable resources, offers potential solutions to some of the key problems fa… OL19048008W
Rain dragon Rain dragon Jonathan Raymond "Damon and his girlfriend Amy have had enough of Los Angeles. Fitful and tired and dreaming of a simpler life, they leave the city to find work on an organic farm. But they've scarcely arrived when t… OL19954557W
A bushel's worth A bushel's worth Kayann Short "From her century-old farm, Kayann Short shows how small-scale, community supported agriculture borrows lessons from the past to nurture sustainable foodsheds for the future. In this lush memoir, Sho… OL19985972W
Organic struggle Organic struggle Brian K. Obach "In the early 1970s, organic farming was an obscure agricultural practice, associated with the counterculture rather than commerce. Today, organic agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry; orga… OL20028536W
Eating organic Eating organic Rebecca Rissman "Eating Organic helps readers trace the history of organic eating, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and… OL20137992W
Salad bar beef Salad bar beef Joel Salatin Despite today's low cattle prices you can make a good profit with a small beef cattle operation. This book will show you how. Joel's Salad Bar Beef prototype as described is a financially better suit… OL2018042W
The non-toxic farming handbook The non-toxic farming handbook Philip A. Wheeler This readable, easy-to-understand handbook successfully integrates the diverse techniques and technologies of classical organic farming, Albrecht-style soil fertility balancing, Reams-method soil and… OL2028099W
Highgrove Highgrove Charles Clover,HRH Prince of Wales Description and use of the estate at Highgrove. OL21188185W
The self-sufficient life and how to live it The self-sufficient life and how to live it Seymour, John Expanded, with over 100 pages from The New Self-Sufficient Gardener. OL2606426W
One good apple One good apple Catherine Paladino Discusses the problems created by the use of pesticides to grow food crops and the benefits of organic farming. OL2741296W
Planting a future Planting a future John Clark Vincent If you care about food, you care about farmers. But the farmers profiled in this book are not the corporate agribusiness people who put money and politics above health. These folks are working to hea… OL27957863W
The policy and regulatory environment for organic farming in Europe The policy and regulatory environment for organic farming in Europe Nicolas Lampkin Volume 1 provides a comparative analysis of the policy and regulatory environment within which organic farming currently operates in all 15 EU Member States and in three non-EU countries (Norway, Swi… OL28966822W
The biodynamic farm The biodynamic farm Herbert H. Koepf xiv, 245 p. : 21 cm OL4453627W
Organic Farming Organic Farming Peter V. Fossel Going organic may be a clear way of getting back to basics--and getting away from the havoc chemicals can wreak on our health and our environment--but the basics themselves may not be so clear. How t… OL5594002W
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