Books

Farming While Black by Leah Penniman

In 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black. Today less than 2 percent of farms are controlled by black people—a loss of over 14 million acres and the result of discrimination and dispossession. While farm management is among the...

Sustainable Market Farming by Pam Dawling

Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or...

The Year-Round Hoophouse by Pam Dawling

Design and build a hoophouse or polytunnel, and grow abundant produce year-round in any climate Growing in hoophouses – also known as high tunnels or polytunnels – reduces the impact of an increasingly unpredictable climate on crops,...

Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremdiation Tradd Cotter

What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on herbicides? Is it possible to develop a low-cost and...

Textbook of Veterinary Homeopathy by John Saxton & Peter Gregory

A modern and very comprehensive book written by veterinary surgeons, for veterinary surgeons, and about veterinary matters. The book is divided in two parts: theory and practice, which are both detailed and easy to work with. It is an in-depth textbook...

Everyday Homeopathy for Animals by Francis Hunter

Everyday Homeopathy for Animals is written for people who want to use homeopathic medicine as fully as possible in the care of their animal or animals.Veterinary attention will almost certainly be necessary at times, and the author is careful to indicate...

The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm by Peg Schafer

A leading light in the field of medicinal herb cultivation, The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm is the first cultivation guide of its kind, and presents invaluable information for growers interested in producing high-quality efficacious herbs in all climates...

Growing Green by Jenny Hall & Iain Tolhurst

Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques, an essential guide to organic growing, is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. It introduces the concept of stockfree-organic and shows, through case studies, that when...

Sustainable Vegetable Production From Start-Up to Market by Vern

Practical information: selecting a farm site, planning and record keeping, marketing options, and planting and harvesting crops. Addresses practices essential to planning and launching a business, the practical implications of sustainability, getting...

Chelsea Green

Natural Beekeeping by Ross Conrad

The various chemicals used in beekeeping have, for the past decades, held Varroa Destructor, a mite, and other major pests at bay, but chemical resistance is building and evolution threatens to overtake the best that laboratory chemists have to offer. In...

Chelsea Green

Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier

There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a...

Chelsea Green

Solviva by Anna Edey

This book is about one woman's vision and commitment to learning to live sustainably and in harmony with life on Earth. Since 1976 Anna Edey has made one astonishing discovery after another, developing methods of sustainable living under the name...