Bibliograph

The new farm, our ten years on the front lines of the good food revolution, Brent Preston

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The new farm, our ten years on the front lines of the good food revolution, Brent Preston

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The new farm

Oclc number

1000583490

Responsibility statement

Brent Preston

Sub title

our ten years on the front lines of the good food revolution

Summary

"After years of working at the ends of the earth in human rights and development, Brent Preston and his wife were die-hard city dwellers. But when their second child arrived, the shine came off urban living. In 2003 they bought a hundred acres and a rundown farmhouse and set out to build a real farm, one that would sustain their family, nourish their community, heal their environment, and turn a profit. The New Farm is Preston's memoir of a decade of grinding toil and perseverance. Farming is a complex and precarious business, and they made plenty of mistakes along the way. But as they learned how to grow food, and to succeed at the business of farming, they also found that a small, sustainable, organic farm could be an engine for change, a path to a more just and sustainable food system. Today, The New Farm supplies top restaurants, supports community food banks, hosts events with leading chefs, and grows extraordinary produce. Told with humor and heart, The New Farm is a joy, a passionate book by an important new voice." -- Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Buying the farm -- Baby steps -- School of hard knocks -- The groundhog wars -- A world of pain -- The culinary world -- Castration 101 -- Learning to work -- Cash cropping -- Los muchanchos -- The stop -- Small is beautiful

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