It's a long road to a tomato
tales of an organic farmer who quit the big city for the (not so) simple life
Book - 2010
Presents essays on the author's midlife development as a farmer, with tips on organic vegetable growing and selling in an urban market, and insights into the issues surrounding agriculture.
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| 37413315861197 | Available | Non-fiction | 631.584 STEWART | Place a Hold |
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Experiment,
2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a A change of life : on becoming a farmer -- Regarding chickens and their eggs -- Buy it at the farmer's market -- An apprentice workforce -- The unpeaceable kingdom -- Thursday at the farm -- Wild weather (August 2000) -- Small farm economics--watching the bottom line -- A garlic affair -- Barn swallows -- Organic certification and the United States Department of Agriculture -- A good knife -- In praise of herbs -- Farm dogs -- Marriage of body and mind -- It's a long road to a tomato -- The price of milk (December 2002) -- The hidden cost of farming -- Winter work -- Growing potatoes -- Kuri encounters a porcupine -- A day at the market -- Brave new vegetables -- Putting it back -- The driveway rabbits -- Sustainable vs. Organic--who loses? -- Inner sanctum--an office with a view -- A reversal of fortune -- The unweeded garden -- Farms on the block -- The heart of winter (January 2003) -- On the eve of war (February 2003) -- A man and his tractor -- The high price of milk -- Working man's mesclun -- Tiny Tim and his bovine harem -- Farm politic -- Kuri--circa 1985 to 2003 -- What will happen to the land? -- Epilogue. | |
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