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Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement
Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement
by Zoe Ida Bradbury
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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)

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Beekeeping: A Practical Guide
Beekeeping: A Practical Guide
by Richard E Bonney
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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)

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The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses
The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses
by Richard A Jones
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The Beekeepers Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the... (read more)

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Organic Farming: Everything You Need to Know (Everything You Need to Know)
Organic Farming: Everything You Need to Know (Everything You Need to Know)
by Peter Fossel
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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)

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Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard
Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard
by Jessi Bloom and Kate Baldwin
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Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! Fresh eggs aren't the only benefit — chickens can... (read more)

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Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach (Down-To-Earth Book)
Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach (Down-To-Earth Book)
by Karl Schwenke
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"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)

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Your Farm in the City: An Urban-Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals
Your Farm in the City: An Urban-Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals
by Lisa Taylor
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The most complete book on urban farming, covering everything from growing organic produce and raising chickens, to running a small farm on a city lot or in a suburban backyard. Eating locally and growing one's own food is a rapidly evolving movement in... (read more)

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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
by Kristin Kimball
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"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)

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Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
by Catherine Friend
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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)

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Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement
Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement
by Amy Franseschini and Daniel Tucker
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With interest in home gardening at an all-time high and concerns about food production and safety making headlines, Farm Together Now explores the current state of grassroots farming in the U.S. Part oral history and part treatise on food politics, this... (read more)

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The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
by Norman Wirzba
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In this remarkable anthology, 15 essays--from Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, and others--call upon people to celebrate the gifts of the earth through honest work and respect for the land.... (read more)

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A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey
A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey
by Readicker Henderson
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There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat -- honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson's engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the... (read more)

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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.)
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.)
by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
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“I adore the Beekman boys story. Their unlikely story of love, the land, and a herd of goats is hilariously honest. If these two can go from Manhattan to a goat farm in upstate New York, then I cant help feeling there is hope for us all.”... (read more)

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First Aid for My Horse
First Aid for My Horse
by Anke Rusbuldt
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A concise and practical guide to handling all the basic first-aid needs of your... (read more)

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Sugarhouse: Turning the Neighborhood Crack House Into Our Home Sweet Home
Sugarhouse: Turning the Neighborhood Crack House Into Our Home Sweet Home
by Matthew Batt
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An improbably funny account of how the purchase and restoration of a disaster of a fixer-upper saves a young marriage When a season of ludicrous loss tests the mettle of their marriage, Matthew Batt and his wife decide not to call it quits. They set... (read more)

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Permaculture 2
Permaculture 2
by Bill Mollison
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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)

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Self-Sufficiency: A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More!
Self-Sufficiency: A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More!
by Abigail R Gehring
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Now, more than ever, people across the country are turning toward simpler, greener, and quieter ways of living—whether they’re urbanites or country folk. Following in the footsteps of Back to Basics and Homesteading, this large, fully... (read more)

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Extraordinary Pigs
Extraordinary Pigs
by Stephen Green Armytage
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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)

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Crop Rotation
Crop Rotation
by Yaram U. Berklian
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Nine studies are collected for this volume, which is organized around the broad theme of crop rotation. The studies focus on specialized topics: weed control, herbicides, and rigid ryegrass in Western Australia; issues associated with doing small... (read more)

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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (2nd Edition)
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (2nd Edition)
by Toby Hemenway
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Gaia's Garden has been an indispensable reference for gardeners who want to turn their yards into ecosystems that work with nature to create gardens that are beautiful, beneficial (to insects, birds, and people), and self-sustaining. This second edition... (read more)

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