Author : Tim Young
Publisher : Harmony Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9780983271703
"Seeking a middle path between a meatless lifestyle and the barbarism of factory food", Tim & Liz Young leave suburbia for the farm life of rural Georgia, creating Nature's Harmony Farm, "not just farming, but also farming a totally natural way."--Cover.
Author : Tim Stark
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 38,70 MB
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Tomato growers
ISBN : 0767927079
An eloquent book on contemporary farming life from the organic farmer whose fruits and vegetables inspire the top chefs of New York City.
Author : Joan Watson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Farm life
ISBN : 9781771085281
Nova Scotia's Ross Farm Museum is a living window into the province's agricultural history. Since the museum opened in 1970, it has been a favourite destination for school children, who have been educated about early times and farming. There, you can see straw hats being woven, wool being spun, and butter being churned. There is a blacksmith shop and a stave mill. This delightful book, the latest in the Stories of our Past series, tells the story of the original Ross family who crossed the Atlantic in 1816, built a home, and overcame many challenges. Perfect for high-school students and genera.
Author : Harry Kavros
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2024-07-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1589881915
In forty short and charming chapters, a former "great books" teacher from New York City adapts to his new role on a small Southern farm by observing the natural world and drawing connections to his reading life. "Erudite and engaging."—Booklist In late middle-age, Harry Kavros and his wife, Peri, pack up all the household belongings that will fit into their car and leave Manhattan, bound for their new home on a twenty-two-acre patch of pine-filled land in Hillsborough, North Carolina. As Mr. Kavros spends long hours clearing the acreage, not for farming but for sightlines, he muses about the land, the exhausting work it requires, and the rewards the effort offers. Every task he undertakes prompts him to recall and meditate over scenes from his reading life. From the great Greek epics to the writings of Frederick Law Olmstead on landscape, to Thoreau, to modern poets, to a veritable treasury of references, for the author life in the country is also life in among his reading. Witty and perceptive, Observations of an Accidental Farmer—and a Mindful Reader is about cultivation, of one’s land and one’s life.
Author : Joan Watson
Publisher : Stories of Our Past
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771085274
Nova Scotia's Ross Farm Museum is a living window into the province's agricultural history. Since the museum opened in 1970, it has been a favourite destination for school children, who have been educated about early times and farming. There, you can see straw hats being woven, wool being spun, and butter being churned. There is a blacksmith shop and a stave mill. This delightful book, the latest in the Stories of our Past series, tells the story of the original Ross family who crossed the Atlantic in 1816, built a home, and overcame many challenges. Perfect for high-school students and general readers with an interest in local history. Illustrated with over 60 colour images, and including sidebar features and an index.
Author : Amanda Foody
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2022-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534477578
Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.
Author : Patti Pokorchak
Publisher : Pps Publisher
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 2017-02-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780995275034
This book is NOT about farming but how to build a thriving business, in the middle of nowhere when you know nothing about the business of farming! BUT I knew how to sell and market, the essential skills every entrepreneur MUST master. Getting 500 people to show up on a long weekend in August, on a dirt road that went nowhere on a budget of $100....... that's where a creative marketing brain and frugal marketer came up with yet another FUN party that brought in thousands of dollars worth of business in 2 hours. -This book is entertainment and business advice all in one package, based on the author's eclectic life and business experience. Read, laugh, learn!- Helen Wilkie, the Communication Expert for Accountants - helping numbers people use words -It was thoroughly delightful, full of action, change of pace, willingness to change directions and to inspire the reader to dare and to move constantly in new directions.- Don, retired Doctor Have you ever wanted to: -Run away from your demanding career? -Live a life without regrets? -Explore the world and get paid for it? -Piss off Bill Gates? Patti Pokorchak did all of this when she was a shy scared introverted geek. She knew she couldn't live with regrets, so she faced her fears and did it anyway. She had it all: great career at IBM, doting boyfriend, 6-figure income at the age of 25, friends galore. But she wasn't happy. If you've ever wanted to run away and start over but didn't think it was possible, you need to read this book! When at the age of 55, she restarted her life after a 30-year detour back to her hometown where she only knew 2 people, she has shown with lots of working smarter and really hard, you too can become an overnight success in under 10 years.: P -Plod your way to profits- isn't sexy but it is a reality for 99% of entrepreneurs. But get to where you're making great money and enjoying practically every minute of your life, it's so worth it. Read about someone who was scared of her own shadow but somehow managed to have an incredible life, living without regrets but with many life and business lessons. This book is not boring and an easy read for any entrepreneur.
Author : Lynn Cassells
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 2023-03-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1645021653
As seen on the BBC’s This Farming Life The inspirational story of Lynbreck Croft—a regenerative Scottish farm rooted in local food, community, and the dreams of two women. Lynn and Sandra left their friends, family, and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland to find a bit of land that they could call their own. They had in mind keeping a few chickens, a kitchen garden, and renting out some camping space; instead, they fell in love with Lynbreck Croft—150 acres of opportunity and beauty, shrouded by the Cairngorms and deep in the Highlands of Scotland. But they had no money, no plan, and no experience in farming. In Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn and Sandra recount their experiences as they work out what kind of farmers they want to be, learning how to work with Highland cattle, become part of the crofting community, and understand how they can farm with nature to produce food for themselves and the people around them. “Through their journey to becoming farmers,” as The Guardian recently wrote, “it’s clear that nature and the health of the environment plays a central role in everything they do, from planting 17,500 native broadleaf trees for wood pasture to setting aside 22 hectares for rewilding.” And through efforts like these, Lynn and Sandra have been able to combine regenerative farming practices with old crofting traditions to keep their own personal values intact. Our Wild Farming Life is what happens when you follow your dreams of living on the land; a story of how two people became farmers—and how they learned to make a living from it, their way.
Author : Sonia Faruqi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1605987999
Sonia Faruqi had an Ivy League degree and a job on Wall Street. But when the banking industry collapsed, she found herself on a small organic dairy farm that would change her life for the better, although it didn't seem that way in the beginning.First, she had to come to grips with cows shocked into place, cannibal chickens, and "free range" turkeys that went nowhere. But there were bright lights as well: happy, frolicking calves on a veal farm, and farmers who cared as much about the animals as their pocketbooks. What started as a two-week volunteer vacation turned into a journey that reached into the darkest recesses of the animal agriculture industry.Surrounded by a colorful cast of characters, Faruqi's quest to discover the truth about modern agribusiness took her around the world. Lively, edgy, and balanced, Project Animal Farm sheds light on the international agribusiness, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of farm animals here at home. Using her finance background to forecast the future of agriculture, Faruqi discusses the changes we need to make—using our forks and our votes.
Author : Marla Frazee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442497459
Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee. A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the little clown, and over the course of one day together, the two of them make some surprising discoveries about themselves—and about life! Sweet, funny, and moving, this wordless picture book from a master of the form and the creator of The Boss Baby speaks volumes and will delight story lovers of all ages.
