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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression (07 Edition) by Mildred Armstrong Kalish Publisher Comments I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Keep Chickens!: Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and other Small Spaces by Barbara Kilarski Publisher Comments Chickens are hot! There's a chicken-farming boomlet on the rise, with upscale urban and suburban homeowners from every part of the country ordering fancy breeds of chickens, hiring architects to build elegant chicken coops in their backyards, and signing... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Honeybee: From Hive to Home, Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper by C. Marina Marchese Publisher Comments One woman's charming and personal account of abandoning the rat race to live blissfully as a beekeeper and honey entrepreneur-plus everything you'd ever want to know about bees. Ten years ago, Marina Marchese fell in love with bees during a tour of a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting 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 $25.99 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto Publisher Comments As pleasurable as a perfect peach, Epitaph for a Peach tells the passionate story of one farmer's attempt to rescue one of the last truly sweet and juicy fruits from becoming obsolete in a world that increasingly values commerciality over quality. The... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dwelling Portably 2000-2008 by Holly Davis Synopsis The third installment of dense books crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence written by those doing it for nearly 30 years The tips and tricks presented here are practical and usefulapertaining to things like biking, tents,... (read more) List Price $8.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry Publisher Comments Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline. Today’s... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Storey's Barn Guide to Sheep by Storey Publisher Comments For all the times you need a helping hand in the barn, "Storey's Barn Guide to Sheep" provides visual, step-by-step explanations of the basic procedures of keeping sheep. Complete with a unique rotating calendar to help plan your lambing season, an... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Spiral
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith H by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture by Darrin Nordahl Publisher Comments Public Produce makes a uniquely contemporary case not for central government intervention, but for local government involvement in shaping food policy. In what Darrin Nordahl calls municipal agriculture, elected officials, municipal planners, local... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Foxfire #02: Foxfire 2 by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Raising Sheep (Storey's Guides to Raising) by Paula Simmons Publisher Comments For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Grain Merchants: An Illustrated History of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange by Dave Kenney Synopsis In the fall of 1881, just one year after Minneapolis surpassed St. Louis as the nation's leading producer of flour, twenty-one prominent businessmen met in the basement of a fledging bank to create one of the Mill City's most enduring commercial... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $11.88 Used - Hardcover
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Raising Poultry (Storey's Guides to Raising) by Leonard S Mercia Publisher Comments For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture by Andrew Kimbrell Publisher Comments Fatal Harvest takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and puts forth a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. It includes more than 250 profound and... (read more) Your price: $45.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef by Betty Fussell Publisher Comments When we bite into a steak's charred crust and pink interior, we bite into contradictions that have branded our nation from the start. We taste the competing fantasies of British pastoralists and Spanish ranchers that erupted in land wars between a wet... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery Publisher Comments This charming memoir chronicles Montgomery's touching friendship with a generous soul, who just so happens to be a pig, and the valuable lessons she learns about family, community, and the pleasures of the sweet, green Earth.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Keeping Pet Chickens by Johannes Paul Publisher Comments When fresh eggs are needed for the kitchen, what could be better than going out to the back yard and collecting them, courtesy of home-bred chickens? Food simply doesn't come any fresher, and the good news is that keeping two or three chickens is quite... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and Succeed in a Farm Enterprise by Joel Salatin Publisher Comments This is the book is for anyone who has ever dreamed of being a farmer. Practical and optimistic, You Can Farm gives prospective farmers a clear, step-by-step approach to turn their vision of a farm into a marketable reality. Illuminating both the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Raising Poultry the Modern Way Rev Edition by Leonard Mercia Publisher Comments This Garden Way Classic has been the single most useful reference to countless small flock raisers over the years, and this revised and updated edition answers the questions of a whole new generation of poultry growers. For anyone interested in raising... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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