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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) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En and Joan Dye Gussow Publisher Comments In Sharing the Harvest, the authors lay out the basic tenets of CSA, provide useful information for both farmers and consumers on starting and running a successful community farm project, and describe hundreds of useful strategies that have worked (or... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Kinship with All Life: Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with by J Allen Boone Publisher Comments Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience?Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resounds with entertaining and inspiring... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World by Joel Salatin Publisher Comments From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill by Daniel Imhoff Synopsis Food Patriotism Delving into the Farm Bill can seem like visiting another country (if not another planet), with its foreign language and sometimes twisted logic. Specialty crops, for example, are what the USDA calls fruits, vegetables, and nuts—the... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - 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: $10.50 Used - 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unsettling of America : Cultural and Agriculture (77 Edition) by Wendell Berry Publisher Comments Berry's assessment of modern agriculture and its relationship to American culture--our health, economy, personal relationships, morals, and spiritual values--is more timely than ever. This new edition of Berry's work presents a a classic testament to the... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen Publisher Comments A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed—and heal—broken communities. The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields by Rowan Jacobsen Publisher Comments The first guide to the "flavor landscapes" of North America, American Terroir explains how local conditions such as soil and climate affect the flavor of foods such as apples, honey, maple syrup, coffee, oysters, salmon, wild mushrooms, wine, cheese... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry Publisher Comments Essential essays are included in this volume from Wendell Berry's writings onagrarianism, agriculture, and community.... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bringing It To the Table: on Farming and Food (09 Edition) by Wendell Berry Staff Pick One of the most prolific and celebrated authors on the subjects of sustainable agriculture and mindful eating, Wendell Berry has influenced the likes of Wes Jackson, Barbara Kingsolver, Gene Logsdon, Barry Lopez, and Michael Pollan, to name a few. Fans... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac) by Old Farmer's Almanac Publisher Comments Americas best-selling annual publication is also the most beloved: Its name makes people smile and its contents tickle funny bones. A reference book that reads like a magazine, the Almanac is packed with facts, features, and fun that make every day... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening--With Information on Mushroom Cultivation, Sowing by Sepp Holzer Publisher Comments Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Neotropical Companion : an Introduction To the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, Revised and Expanded (2ND 97 Edition) by John Kricher Publisher Comments A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. It is the most comprehensive one... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $27.00 Used - 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: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beekeeping for Dummies (For Dummies) by Howland Blackiston Publisher Comments ' 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... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Staff Pick One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Keep Chickens!: Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and other Small Spaces by Barbara Kilarski Publisher Comments Chickens are hot! Kilarski, a woman with a passion for poultry, offers a handbook that is as practical and encouraging as it is witty and entertaining. This book provides the detailed information every aspiring chicken keeper needs to know. 16-page color... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Nature of Horses by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments Horses have a shared history with man going back millennia to their domestication around 4000 B.C. Yet only in very recent years have scientists begun to turn the tools of modem science on this remarkable animal that has been so wrapped up in human... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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