Contrary Farmer

Name: Contrary Farmer
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ISBN: 9780930031749

ISBN-10: 0930031741

ISBN-13: 9780930031749

Edition: 1994

Authors: Gene Logsdon, Chelsea Green

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Gene Logsdon has become something of a rabble-rouser in progressive farm circles, stirring up debates and controversies with his popular New Farm magazine column,The Contrary Farmer.One of Logsdons principle contrarieties is the opinion thatpopular images of the vanishing American farmer, notwithstandinggreater numbers of people in the U.S. will soon be growing and raising a greater share of their own food than at any time since the last century. Instead of vanishing, more and more farmers will be cottage farming, part-time. This detailed and personal account of how Logsdons family uses the art and science of agriculture to achieve a reasonably happy and ecologically sane way of life in an…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Publication date: 5/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



The Ramparts People



At Ease with the Work of Farming



Pastoral Economics



The Garden is the Proving Ground for the Farm



The Peaceable Kingdom of the Barnyard



Water Power



A Paradise of Meadows



Groves of Trees to Live In



King Corn



Cottage Mechanics



Winter Wheat, Spring Oats, Summer Clover, Fall Pasture


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