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Harvest Time

Author : Jeanne Bender
Publisher : Lindie Lou
ISBN 13 : 9781943493135
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Harvest Time written by Jeanne Bender and published by Lindie Lou. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bridge book between early chapter books and novels has large amounts of white-space, short chapters, adorable color illustrations, and creative fonts. Together these features make the Lindie Lou Adventure Series the perfect tool to build stamina for both boys and girls in the target age group K-4. This story has proven to be a classroom favorite as a read aloud, with small groups, or for individual enjoyment. The SEL lessons highlighted in red provide awareness and invite discussion.SUMMARY: Lindie Lou has no idea what an organic farm is like. While visiting Cousin Ronda, she discovers a whole new way of living. Lindie Lou loves the farms in the Midwest, but when she meets up with family and friends, her adventures really take off. Lindie Lou loves the thrill of a hayloft, the challenge of a corn maze, the excitement of a harvest celebration, and the dangers of a combine. She learns important SEL lessons while interacting with family and friends. They play together, face challenges, get in trouble, and even save each other's lives! Readers will remember Lindie Lou's bravery when faced with fears of their own. They will also see SEL examples when she develops self-esteem, courage, determination, and compassion for others. There is an illustrated character page at the beginning of each book. Educational back matter includes the Lindie Lou Song, a Quick Quiz, Fun Facts, a Calendar of Events, and websites which easily allow educators and readers the opportunity to explore more. Teacher created downloadable educational materials are available for all the books in the series at lindielou.com.

We Gather Together

Author : Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Gather Together written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why seasons change and describes the way the harvest has been celebrated by different cultures throughout history.

Sustainable Market Farming

Author : Pam Dawling
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925121
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Market Farming written by Pam Dawling and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing for 100 - the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower. 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 hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres. Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.

Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm

Author : Jennifer Lloyd
Publisher : Page Two
ISBN 13 : 1989025080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm written by Jennifer Lloyd and published by Page Two. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told through the voices of four women at the heart of the project, Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm is a multi-layered, evocative exploration of life on a sustainable organic farm that has been at the forefront of North America's slow living and local eating movements. Stunning photographs and transporting descriptions of nature feature alongside mouthwatering yet uncomplicated recipes and crafting tips. Through a bounty of personal stories of Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, High Summer, Autumn, December, and Deep Winter, the rich life of Stowel Lake Farm comes alive. From harvest dinners to Thursday work parties, looking after free-range children to handling the summer hay bailing, planting early seeds to celebrating the New Year, each experience offers a meaningful celebration of people working and living together on the land. Readers are transported to life on the farm while learning some of the tips, tricks, secrets, and recipes grown from years of work. Local harvest, slow food recipes include Squash and Sage Risotto, Wild Spring Nettle Soup, Herb-Encrusted Leg of Lamb, Pavlova with Roasted Rhubarb Compote, and Fresh Chèvre Cheesecake, nestled alongside key seasonal activities such as maximizing spring vegetables, saving seeds, making nature tables, and dying eggs. Suggestions go deeper than simply the practical, however: Seven Seasons shares emotional lessons from community living and prioritizing family, including the importance of sharing gratitude, the importance of walks, and celebrating together. Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm is more than a book, it's a place: one that readers can immerse themselves in time and again, through recipes, storytelling, and lessons. Steeped in insights that celebrate nourishment--both physical and emotional--this stunning, original book will inspire readers to cultivate their own rich traditions of food, family, and community--wherever they live.

DIY U

Author : Anya Kamenetz
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603582762
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book DIY U written by Anya Kamenetz and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis. The system particularly fails the first-generation, the low-income, and students of color who predominate in coming generations. What we need to know is changing more quickly than ever, and a rising tide of information threatens to swamp knowledge and wisdom. America cannot regain its economic and cultural leadership with an increasingly ignorant population. Our choice is clear: Radically change the way higher education is delivered, or resign ourselves to never having enough of it. The roots of the words "university" and "college" both mean community. In the age of constant connectedness and social media, it's time for the monolithic, millennium-old, ivy-covered walls to undergo a phase change into something much lighter, more permeable, and fluid. The future lies in personal learning networks and paths, learning that blends experiential and digital approaches, and free and open-source educational models. Increasingly, you will decide what, when, where, and with whom you want to learn, and you will learn by doing. The university is the cathedral of modernity and rationality, and with our whole civilization in crisis, we are poised on the brink of Reformation.

The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution

Author : Andrew Mefferd
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1771422726
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution written by Andrew Mefferd and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use natural no-till systems to increase profitability, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and soil health on your small farm. Farming without tilling has long been a goal of agriculture, yet tilling remains one of the most dominant paradigms; almost everyone does it. But tilling kills beneficial soil life, burns up organic matter, and releases carbon dioxide. If the ground could instead be prepared for planting without tilling, time and energy could be saved, soil organic matter increased, carbon sequestered, and dependence on machinery reduced. The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is the comprehensive farmer-developed roadmap showing how no-till lowers barriers to starting a small farm, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, increases efficiency and profitability, and promotes soil health. This hands-on manual offers: Why roller-crimper no-till methods don't work for most small farms A decision-making framework for the four no-till methods: occulation, solarization, organic mulches grown in place, and applied to beds Ideas for starting a no-till farm or transitioning a working farm A list of tools, supplies, and sources. This is the only manual of its kind, specifically written for natural and small-scale farmers who wish to expand or explore chemical-free, regenerative farming methods.

The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables

Author : Ben Hartman
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603586997
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables written by Ben Hartman and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste--of time, labor, space, money, and more--every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto industry, the end result has been increased profits and less work. In this field-guide companion to his award-winning first book, The Lean Farm, Hartman shows market vegetable growers in even more detail how Clay Bottom Farm implements lean thinking in every area of their work, including using kanbans, or replacement signals, to maximize land use; germination chambers to reduce defect waste; and right-sized machinery to save money and labor and increase efficiency. From finding land and assessing infrastructure needs to selling perfect produce at the farmers market, The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables digs deeper into specific, tested methods for waste-free farming that not only help farmers become more successful but make the work more enjoyable. These methods include: Using Japanese paper pot transplanters Building your own germinating chambers Leaning up your greenhouse Making and applying simple composts Using lean techniques for pest and weed control Creating Heijunka, or load-leveling calendars for efficient planning Farming is not static, and improvement requires constant change. The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables offers strategies for farmers to stay flexible and profitable even in the face of changing weather and markets. Much more than a simple exercise in cost-cutting, lean farming is about growing better, not cheaper, food--the food your customers want.

The Chef's Garden

Author : FARMER LEE JONES
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525541063
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Chef's Garden written by FARMER LEE JONES and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approachable, comprehensive guide to the modern world of vegetables, from the leading grower of specialty vegetables in the country Near the shores of Lake Erie is a family-owned farm with a humble origin story that has become the most renowned specialty vegetable grower in America. After losing their farm in the early 1980s, a chance encounter with a French-trained chef at their farmers' market stand led the Jones family to remake their business and learn to grow unique ingredients that were considered exotic at the time, like microgreens and squash blossoms. They soon discovered chefs across the country were hungry for these prized ingredients, from Thomas Keller in Napa Valley to Daniel Boulud in New York City. Today, they provide exquisite vegetables for restaurants and home cooks across the country. The Chef's Garden grows and harvests with the notion that every part of the plant offers something unique for the plate. From a perfect-tasting carrot, to a tiny red royal turnip, to a pencil lead-thin cucumber still attached to its blossom, The Chef's Garden is constantly innovating to grow vegetables sustainably and with maximum flavor. It's a Willy Wonka factory for vegetables. In this guide and cookbook, The Chef's Garden, led by Farmer Lee Jones, shares with readers the wealth of knowledge they've amassed on how to select, prepare, and cook vegetables. Featuring more than 500 entries, from herbs, to edible flowers, to varieties of commonly known and not-so-common produce, this book will be a new bible for farmers' market shoppers and home cooks. With 100 recipes created by the head chef at The Chef's Garden Culinary Vegetable Institute, readers will learn innovative techniques to transform vegetables in their kitchens with dishes such as Ramp Top Pasta, Seared Rack of Brussels Sprouts, and Cornbread-Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms, and even sweet concoctions like Onion Caramel and Beet Marshmallows. The future of cuisine is vegetables, and Jones and The Chef's Garden are on the forefront of this revolution.

Bounty from the Box

Author : Mi Ae Lipe
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0990501108
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Bounty from the Box written by Mi Ae Lipe and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bounty from the Box: The CSA Farm Cookbook is your guide to enjoying over 90 different crops grown by community-supported agriculture (CSA) farms across North America. With this book, youll never wonder what to do with your CSA box again.

Northern Harvest

Author : Emita Brady Hill
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814347142
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Northern Harvest written by Emita Brady Hill and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pays tribute to the women behind the local, sustainable, and quality foods of northwestern Michigan. Northern Harvest: Twenty Michigan Women in Food and Farminglooks at the female culinary pioneers who have put northern Michigan on the map for food, drink, and farming. Emita Brady Hill interviews women who share their own stories of becoming the cooks, bakers, chefs, and farmers that they are today—each even sharing a delicious recipe or two. These stories are as important to tracing the gastronomic landscape in America as they are to honoring the history, agriculture, and community of Michigan. Divided into six sections, Northern Harvest celebrates very different women who converged in an important region of Michigan and helped transform it into the flourishing culinary Eden it is today. Hill speaks with orchardists and farmers about planting their own fruit trees and making the decision to transition their farms over to organic. She hears from growers who have been challenged by the northern climate and have made exclusive use of fair trade products in their business. Readers are introduced to the first-ever cheesemaker in the Leelanau area and a pastry chef who is doing it all from scratch. Readers also get a sneak peek into the origins of Traverse City institutions such as Folgarelli’s Market and Wine Shop and Trattoria Stella. Hill catches up with local cookbook authors and nationally known food writers. She interviews the founder of two historic homesteads that introduce visitors to a way of living many of us only know from history books. These oral histories allow each woman to tell her story as she chooses, in her own words, with her own emphasis, and her own discretion or indiscretions. Northern Harvest is a celebration of northern Michigan’s rich culinary tradition and the women who made it so. Hungry readers will swallow this book whole.

The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm

Author : Daniel Mays
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635861896
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm written by Daniel Mays and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No-till — a method of growing crops and providing pasture without disturbing the soil — has become an important alternative to standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner and manager of an organic no-till farm in Maine, outlines the environmental, social, and economic benefits of this system. The methods described are designed for implementation at the human scale, relying primarily on human power, with minimal use of machinery. The book presents streamlined planning and record-keeping tools as well as marketing strategies, and outlines community engagement programs like CSA, food justice initiatives, and on-farm education.

Island Treasure: Leave No Stone Unturned

Author : Jeanne Bender
Publisher : Pina Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1943493634
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Island Treasure: Leave No Stone Unturned written by Jeanne Bender and published by Pina Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In book six, Lindie Lou travels to New Zealand, also called Aotearoa (Au-tay-uh-row-uh), where she finds a rare pounamu (poo-na-moo) greenstone. Lindie Lou learns about the HMS Buffalo shipwreck and wonders if this stone was left behind by the crew. While looking for answers, Lindie Lou, Diamond, and their friends visit a local museum. The helpful manager introduces them to a Maori sand artist who tells them about a real lost treasure worth looking for. Join the crew and a girl with a passion for details, as they leave no stone unturned, in their quest to find a rare island treasure. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons highlighted in red, endearing characters, adorable color illustrations, creative fonts, and large amounts of white-space make the Lindie Lou Adventure Series non-threatening and a tool that helps build stamina for all. This series has proven to be a classroom favorite as a read aloud, with small groups, or for large group instruction. This could be the first chapter book read by high-low readers, young fluent readers, or ELL students. The Comic Sans font (14 pt.) makes this the perfect choice for dyslexic, autistic, sight impaired, or other special needs students. The Lindie Lou Adventure Series is purposefully written for both boys and girls to enjoy. Readers will remember Lindie Lou's bravery when faced with fears of their own. They will also see SEL examples when Lindie Lou develops self-esteem, courage, determination, and compassion for others.

Going Over Home

Author : Charles Thompson, Jr.
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603589139
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Going Over Home written by Charles Thompson, Jr. and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Editors’ Choice “Best Books of 2019” An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the stories of his home place have been his constant inspiration, helping him identify with the losses of others and to fight against injustices. In Going Over Home, Thompson shares revelations and reflections, from cattle auctions with his grandfather to community gardens in the coal camps of eastern Kentucky, racial disparities of white and Black landownership in the South to recent work with migrant farm workers from Latin America. In this heartfelt first-person narrative, Thompson unpacks our country’s agricultural myths and addresses the history of racism and wealth inequality and how they have come to bear on our nation’s rural places and their people.

The Third Plate

Author : Dan Barber
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594204071
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (942 download)

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Download or read book The Third Plate written by Dan Barber and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] renowned chef ... Barber explores the evolution of American food from the "first plate," or industrially-produced, meat-heavy dishes, to the "second plate" of grass-fed meat and organic greens, and says that both of these approaches are ultimately neither sustainable nor healthy. Instead, Barber proposes Americans should move to the "third plate," a cuisine rooted in seasonal productivity, natural livestock rhythms, whole-grains, and small portions of free-range meat"--Provided by publisher.

Tomorrow's Table

Author : Pamela C. Ronald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199756694
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow's Table written by Pamela C. Ronald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. The reader sees the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment.

The Farm That Feeds Us

Author : Nancy Castaldo
Publisher : words & pictures
ISBN 13 : 0711242534
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Farm That Feeds Us written by Nancy Castaldo and published by words & pictures. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way. Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields, and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators, and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins, and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping, and baking bread. To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colorful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.

The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm

Author : Daniel Mays
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 163586190X
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm written by Daniel Mays and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No-till — a method of growing crops and providing pasture without disturbing the soil — has become an important alternative to standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner and manager of an organic no-till farm in Maine, outlines the environmental, social, and economic benefits of this system. The methods described are designed for implementation at the human scale, relying primarily on human power, with minimal use of machinery. The book presents streamlined planning and record-keeping tools as well as marketing strategies, and outlines community engagement programs like CSA, food justice initiatives, and on-farm education.