Books

Mycelial Mayhem by David Sewak & Kristin Sewak

An accessible hands-on guide for the aspiring mushroom grower Most supermarket mushrooms are bland and boring; products of an industrial process which typically relies on expensive equipment and harmful pesticides. Many people would like to add more...

The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables by Ben Hartman

At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste—of time, labor, space, money, and more—every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer...

The New Organic Grower 3rd Edition by Eliot Coleman

“Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as relevant as ever.”—New York Times Book Review Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books...

The Worm Farmer’s Handbook by Rhonda Sherman

Techniques and systems for processing food scraps, manure, yard debris, paper, and more Turning waste into wealth sounds too good to be true, but many worm farmers are finding that vermicomposting is a reliable way to do just that. Vermicast—a...

The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone

Strategies and techniques for making a living with intensive food production in small spaces There are 40 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and...

Farming on the Wild Side by Nancy J. Hayden, John P. Hayden

One farm’s decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture—and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health. Northern Vermont’s Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft...

The Whole Okra by Chris Smith

With recipes for gumbos and stews, plus okra pickles, tofu, marshmallow, paper, and more Chris Smith’s first encounter with okra was of the worst kind: slimy fried okra at a greasy-spoon diner. Despite that dismal introduction, Smith developed a...

Attracting Native Pollinators by The Xerces Society

The recent decline of the European honey bee, one of North America’s primary pollinators, poses a serious challenge to our food supply and ecological health. Close to 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators in order to set seed or...

The Resilient Gardener: Food Production & Self-Reliance in Uncer

Scientist/gardener Carol Deppe combines her passion for gardening with newly emerging scientific information from many fields — resilience science, climatology, climate change, ecology, anthropology, paleontology, sustainable agriculture,...

Chelsea Green

Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon

First published in 1977, this book from one of America's most famous and prolific agricultural writers became an almost instant classic among homestead gardeners and small farmers. Now fully updated and available once more, Small-Scale Grain Raising...

Organic No-Till Farming by Jeff Moyer

Organic No-Till Farming offers a map to an organic farming system that limits tillage, reduces labor, and improves soil structure. Based on the latest research by pioneering agriculturists, this book by Rodale Institute's CEO Jeff Moyer offers...

Chelsea Green

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Deppe

Authoritative & easy-to-understand, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving is the only guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small-scale...