In Seeds, novelist and nature writer Richard Horan sought out the trees that inspired the work of great American writers like Faulkner, Kerouac, Welty, Wharton, and Harper Lee. In Harvest, Horan embarks upon a serendipitous journey across America to work the harvests of more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops-and, in the process, forms powerful connections with the farmers, the soil, and the seasons.

When a farm is a lifestyle, not a way to earn a living, that's hobby farming. Learn how you can enjoy this sustainable lifestyle, and fund your rural dream with an off-farm income.

Visits ten fiber farms and ranches across the United States. Includes twenty projects featuring yarns from the farms.

Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American farms during the past 150 years, covering such topics as types of farms, farm buildings, farm life, and the effects of weather on farming.

From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact. Salatin, hailed by the New York Times as "Virginia's...

The Dukes family business is moonshine and the boys uncle Jesse concocts the tastiest brew in Dixie...But it's not all moonshine and farm girls these days -- when Bo and Luke discover evidence that their neighbors' properties are being unlawfully seized by crooked commissioner Boss Hog, their only chance to protect their hometown is to put the pedal to the medal in a last-ditch scheme to save Hazzard County.

Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

A turn of the century saga about settlers who carve a home from the wilderness and find the dreams of a lifetime.