Tag: farming
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BR338) “The Vertical Farm” Book Review
The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century by Dr. Dickson Despommier. 2/5 rating. 268 pages. Book #54 of 2023. Read December 28, 2023. This book talks about the idea of building vertical farms within urban settings as a way to counteract the problems with farming today. This idea of Dickson’s has intrigued…
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BR327) “The Resilient Farm and Homestead” Book Review
The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach by Ben Falk. 3/5 rating. 260 pages. Book #43 of 2023. Read October 17, 2023. This book is all about using permaculture and system design to build a homestead for yourself. Ben lives in Vermont and has managed to make his own…
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BR319) “The Permaculture Handbook” Book Review
The Permaculture Handbook by Peter Bane. 3/5 rating. 429 pages. Book #35 of 2023. Read August 19, 2023. This is a textbook about some of the practical basics of permaculture on small-scale agriculture. Permaculture is a type of agriculture that revolves around self-reliance and the ability to close waste streams by using these as a…
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BR311) “Miraculous Abundance” Book Review
Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer. 3/5 rating. 226 pages Book #27 of 2019. Read July 16, 2023. This book tells all about this couple’s forays into permaculture-backed agriculture on a small scale. The subtitle of this book sums up their…
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BR302) “The Seed Detective” Book Review
The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables by Adam Alexander. 3/5 rating. 274 pages. Book #18 of 2023. Read May 25, 2023. This book tells all about Adam’s travels in search of seeds, and the histories of some of those vegetables. I enjoyed this book a bunch learning about the different types…
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BR280) “The Soil Will Save Us” Book Review
The Soil Will Save Us by Kristin Ohlson. 4/5 rating. 234 pages. Book #47 of 2022. Read December 14, 2022. This was a fascinating (no, but really) book about the importance of soil to the world’s future. Soil is one of those things that we all inherently know is important for farming and food, but…
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BR276) “Good Husbandry” Book Review
Good Husbandry: Growing Food, Love, and Family on Essex Farm by Kristin Kimball. 2/5 rating. 294 pages. Book #43 of 2022. Read November 28, 2022. This book is about Kristin’s life on her family farm in upstate New York. I first picked this book up because their farm is located just across the lake from…
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BR267) “The New Farm” Book Review
The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution by Brent Preston. 4/5 rating. 280 pages. Book #34 of 2022. Read August 11, 2022. This is Brent’s story of how his wife and him moved from Toronto to start an organic farm. I enjoyed Brent’s statement early in the…
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BR193) “Food, Inc.” Book Review
Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer – And What You Can Do About It by Karl Weber. 3/5 rating. 270 pages. Book #29 of 2021. Read April 6, 2021. This is a collection of essays and writings to accompany the acclaimed documentary of the same name. When most people…
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BR170) “Two Percent Solutions for the Planet” Book Review
Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change by Courtney White. 3/5 rating. 214 pages. Book #6 of 2021. Read January 20, 2021. This book is a must-read for any farmer or gardener who is looking for ways to continue on in spite of climate…