Category Archives: Book List

In central New York State, as well as all over the country, an unlikely revival is happening  in sustainably-minded agriculture; the return of work horses and draft mules on the American farm. A recent write-up in the New York Times … Continue reading →

For those interested in amateur beekeeping, and really, who isn’t, comes a new book from Les Crowder and Heather Harrell, Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health. The book focuses, as the name might suggest, on the practice of top-bar beekeeping, … Continue reading →

“If you haven’t heard what’s happening with seeds, let me tell you. They’re disappearing, about like every damn thing else. . . . But I’m not going to talk about anything that’s going to make us feel hopeless, or despairing, … Continue reading →

The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips has been selected as one of five gardening books to receive the American Horticultural Society’s 2012 Book Award. The March-April issue of The American Gardener will feature the winning books http://www.ahs.org/awards/book_awards/2012_AHS_Book_Award_Winners.pdf “This richly illustrated, … Continue reading →

Americans’ long-term savings in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds, and life insurance funds total about $30 trillion. But not even 1 percent of these savings touch local small business—even though roughly half the jobs and the output in the … Continue reading →

Holistic Management International has given a great review of Harvey Ussery’s new book The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers http://holisticmanagement.org/in_practice/book-review-by-ann-adams-of-the-small-scale-poultry-flock-by-harvey-ussery/ “Having dabbled in raising both meat chickens and … Continue reading →