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2) Folks, this ain't normal: a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world
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From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact. Salatin, hailed by the New York Times as "Virginia's...
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Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"Richard Horan has brought us a welcome view of America to defy the prevailing political and financial nastiness. This is a timely and important book."
-Ted Morgan, author of Wilderness at Dawn
"A lively visit with the dauntless men and women who operate America's family farms and help provide our miraculous annual bounty. Richard Horan writes with energy and passion."
-Hannah Nordhaus, author of The Beekeeper's Lament
"Horan's new book evocatively...
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Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Describes the problems in American agriculture due to technological innovation, gives a history of American agriculture to explain the origins of the crisis, and outlines the limitations of government farm programs and policies to cope.
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The Dukes family business is moonshine and the boys uncle Jesse concocts the tastiest brew in Dixie...But it's not all moonshine and farm girls these days -- when Bo and Luke discover evidence that their neighbors' properties are being unlawfully seized by crooked commissioner Boss Hog, their only chance to protect their hometown is to put the pedal to the medal in a last-ditch scheme to save Hazzard County.
12) A Farm Album
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Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American farms during the past 150 years, covering such topics as types of farms, farm buildings, farm life, and the effects of weather on farming.
13) Sustainable
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
There is no hiding from the facts, rising temperatures, drought, soil loss, chemicals in our food, antibiotic resistance, declining bee populations, obesity, diabetes, shorter life expectancy, America needs help. Sustainable reveals the crisis facing America's food system, and the community of leaders who are determined to fix it. Amidst the cornfields of Illinois lives the hero of the film - Marty Travis.
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
"With stories and photographs from Garrison Keillor, Roger Welsch, E.B. White, Grant Wood, Bob Artley, Charles Freitag, Bill Holm, Randy Leffingwell, Andrew Morland, Francis Lee Jaques, Sara Rath, Sara De Luca, Jim Heynen, Gordon Green, Patricia Penton Leimbach, Walter Haskell Hinton, and more."
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
19) O Pioneers!
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Pub. Date
c2003
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A turn of the century saga about settlers who carve a home from the wilderness and find the dreams of a lifetime.
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