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1) Farmer Cap
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After years of trying to convince their eccentric neighbor to do things the way they do, the farmers of Pfeffernut County finally see that Farmer Cap might have some good ideas, after all.
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This inspiring collection combines breathtaking photography with powerful narratives from women who swim, surf, kayak, study glaciers, advocate for water conservation, carry forward their ancestral fishing traditions, and more. Collected by the team at She Explores, a media company and community that celebrates women in the outdoors, these first-person stories explore themes of independence, strength, healing, and self-discovery in nature.
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Discover how to create an organic and sustainable garden filled with your favorite crops right in your own backyard and achieve self-sufficiency with this definitive guide to Mini Farming. Have you always been interested in getting into gardening for self-sustenance, but don't know where to begin? Do you want to learn how to grow your own healthy and organic crops and rely less on chemically-treated, store-bought groceries?
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Australian agronomists Tony and Liz Rinaudo arrived at the edge of the Sahara in 1981 to plant trees. Few trees survived in the hostile terrain, and those that did were cut down. While contemplating the futility of their endeavours, Tony discovered an embarrassingly simple method of restoring degraded landscape without planting a single tree. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), the sustainable system of land management that Tony pioneered,...
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"Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award, Agricultural History Society" "Honorable Mention for the Vincent P. DeSantis Book Prize, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era" "Co-Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards" "One Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Food of 2019" Joshua Specht is assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. Twitter @joshspecht
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Drawing on years of investigative reporting, Wyatt Williams offers a powerful look at why we kill and eat animals. In order to understand why we eat meat, the restaurant critic and journalist investigated factory farms, learned to hunt game, worked on a slaughterhouse kill floor, and partook in Indigenous traditions of whale eating in Alaska. In Springer Mountain, he tells about his experiences, while charting the history of meat eating and vegetarianism.
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Over the past several years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of three thousand residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America. Even as the recent financial downturn threatens to cripple small businesses and privately owned farms, a stunning number of food-based businesses have grown in the region—Vermont Soy, Jasper Hill...
10) John Brown
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Few figures are more seminal in the abolitionist movement in America than John Brown. His firebrand approach to the movement arose out of his religiously inspired and deep-seated belief that slavery was not only morally unjust but that its removal from American society could only be achieved through armed insurrection. Following his capture in 1859 during an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry and his subsequent hanging he became...
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The award-winning cookbook author "personalizes the path from farm to fork with heart and skill" in a combination of "memoir, history and guidebook" (Wall Street Journal).
The James Beard Award-winning author of such beloved cookbooks as Sweet Nature and The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen explores how the "food revolution" can take root in the northern heartland in this inspiring food memoir. In Winter's Kitchen reveals how a food movement with deep...
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What was being a farmer like in the past? Readers can find out in this refreshing book that compares farming and farming equipment of today with farming of the past. This book includes details about farming tools, irrigation systems, pesticides, and organic farming. The table of contents, glossary, and index gives readers tools they need to better understand the content.
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My Misspent Youth is an incisive collection that marked the start of a new millennium and became a cult classic, from the editor of Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed and the author of The Unspeakable
An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape.
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The acclaimed author transforms a single day on his small farm into a "gorgeously thoughtful meditation on the natural world" and our place in it (Vancouver Sun).
The acclaimed poet and author Brian Brett takes readers on an irreverent and illuminating journey through a day in the life of his small island farm in British Columbia, affectionately named Trauma Farm. With fascinating ruminations on everything from the natural history of farming to...
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A powerful and inspiring biography of one of the most remarkable figures in American history. Written by Sarah H. Bradford, a friend and contemporary of Tubman, the book chronicles the life of a woman who escaped slavery and went on to become a leader in the Underground Railroad, helping hundreds of other enslaved people to freedom.
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A compilation of insightful essays and speeches by the renowned abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass. This collection brings together some of his most powerful and eloquent writings on the issues of slavery, freedom, and racial justice, showcasing his intellectual brilliance and tireless advocacy for the rights of African Americans. Through his incisive analysis and powerful rhetoric, Douglass challenges the prevailing views of his time and...
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Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide exploit the desperation of people losing livelihoods to desertification - many are finding new routes to water security with key implications for food access, economic...
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