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Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement by Zoe Ida Bradbury Publisher Comments Meet America's New Farmers. Resourceful and hard-working, Greenhorns are passionate about improving the food we eat through sustainable and humane farming practices. Their inspirational stories speak to the challenges and rewards of earning a living off... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Way of the Hen: Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens by Clea Danaan Publisher Comments the Way of the Hen explores the rewarding, entertaining and enlightening art of keeping chickens in an urban or suburban backyard. Chickens slow us down and ground us. This book demonstrates how raising chickens can be fitted into a busy lifestyle, and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Beekeeping: A Practical Guide by Richard E Bonney Publisher Comments Whether you're a beginning beekeeper or one with a season or two of experience, Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees, not just have them. This new book by the acclaimed author of Hive Management offers vital, up-to-date information about how to... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just 1/4 Acre! by Carleen Madigan Publisher Comments Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach (Down-To-Earth Book) by Karl Schwenke Publisher Comments "My advice is as old as the plow." So says author, Karl Schwenke of his guide to making a full- or part-time living on the land, a book for anyone who plans to own a small farm. With sections on soil management, farm practices, cash crop... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference by Gail Damerow Publisher Comments The A-Z Chicken CompanionFrom addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, if it concerns chickens, it's covered in this comprehensive encyclopedia. Now you can find the answers to all your chicken questions quickly, easily -- and accompanied by... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Organic Farming: Everything You Need to Know (Everything You Need to Know) by Peter Fossel Publisher Comments 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 to begin? What kind of fertilizer and feed are... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Permaculture 2 by Bill Mollison Publisher Comments This book is about design. It is a practical book dealing with the elements of design which create a sustainable system. Energy benefits are discussed relating to both domestic and broad acre environments. Permaculture 2 is about design, not... (read more) Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Artisan Farming: Lessons, Lore, and Recipes by Richard Harris Publisher Comments Artisan Farming Lessons, Lore, and Recipes from New Mexico Astisan Farming focuses on the unique farming culture of New Mexico. Laden with rich photos, ripe with human interest stories, and bounteous with tantalizing recipes, Artisan Farming explores... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guineas, Gamebirds (Storey's Guide to Raising) by Glenn Drowns Publisher Comments A diverse flock of poultry can provide free-range meat, a rainbow of eggs, and endless entertainment---all delivered from the confines of your backyard or small farm. Glenn Drowns, an expert on rare breeds and varieties of turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens,... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table by Tracie McMillan Publisher Comments What if you cant afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn't escape as she watched the debate about Americas meals unfold, one that urges us to pay foods true cost — which is to say, pay more.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land by Kurt Timmermeister Publisher Comments When he purchased four acres of land on Vashon Island, Kurt Timmermeister was only looking for an affordable home near the restaurants he ran in Seattle. But as he slowly settled into his new property, he became awakened to the connection between what he... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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First Aid for My Horse by Anke Rusbuldt Publisher Comments A concise and practical guide to handling all the basic first-aid needs of your... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Extraordinary Pigs by Stephen Green Armytage Publisher Comments From the author of Extraordinary Chickens comes the latest extraordinary animal--the pig. One of the most intelligent animals on earth, the pig is a fascinating creature with an abundance of personality. Photographer Stephen Green-Armytage captures... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet by Catherine Friend Publisher Comments What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesn’t love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it’s not getting any easier. The number of sheep... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (P.S.) by Michael Perry Staff Pick Coop is perfect for anyone dreaming of a "simple" life in the country — and for those already living it. Perry is a brilliant storyteller, and this is a funny and poignant account of his unorthodox childhood and his current quest for some cred as a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Transition Timeline: For a Local, Resilient Future by Shaun Chamberlin Publisher Comments The Transition Timeline lightens the fear of our uncertain future, providing a map of what we are facing and the different pathways available to us. It describes four possible scenarios for the UK and world over the next twenty years, ranging from Denial,... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball Publisher Comments "This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming—that dirty, concupiscent art—and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer." Single, thirtysomething, working as a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life by Julia Rothman Publisher Comments Bantams and Buckwheat, Hackles and HarrowsTalk the talk of the country with Julia Rothman's entertaining and informative visual tour of life on the farm. Her drawings, diagrams, step-by-step sequences, and dissections reveal everything from the parts of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryan Logan Publisher Comments “You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about.” So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to “that stuff that won’t come off your collar.” John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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