Books

The New Horse-Powered Farm by Stephen Leslie

In an era when fuel is a primary concern, draft horses are seen by many as the solution to small-scale, resilient farming with a closed-loop system. Horses bring farmers back to the roots of what it...

Bio-Integrated Farm by Shawn Jadrnicek & Stephanie Jadrnicek

The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature’s resources. This groundbreaking book brings “system farming” and permaculture to a whole new level. Author Shawn...

Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremdiation Tradd Cotter

What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on...

When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency, 2nd Edition by Matthew Stein

There’s never been a better time to “be prepared.” Matthew Stein’s comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills—from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management...

The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition by Lynn Byczynski

The domestic cut flower business has experienced a renaissance in the past decade, thanks in large part to the first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut...

Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions & Modern Nutrition by Paul Pitchford

Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, Healing with Whole Foods is an invaluable guide to the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. With facts about green foods such as spirulina and...

Growing Green by Jenny Hall & Iain Tolhurst

Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques, an essential guide to organic growing, is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. It introduces the concept of...

Chelsea Green

Natural Beekeeping by Ross Conrad

The various chemicals used in beekeeping have, for the past decades, held Varroa Destructor, a mite, and other major pests at bay, but chemical resistance is building and evolution threatens to...

Chelsea Green

Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier

There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice...

The Suburban Micro-Farm by Amy Stross

Nonfiction Book Awards 2018 Gold Winner Foreword INDIE Awards 2018 Gold Winner (Hobbies & Home category) Nautilus Book Awards 2018 Silver Winner (Green Living & Sustainability category) Reduce...

The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook by Richard Wiswall

Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. What’s required is farming smarter, not harder. In this book, longtime farmer Richard Wiswall shares his story, and offers...

Will Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening by Will Bonsall

"Society does not generally expect its farmers to be visionaries." Perhaps not, but longtime Maine farmer and homesteader Will Bonsall does possess a unique clarity of vision that extends all the way...