Banana Wars - Power, Production, and History in the Americas
(a history of the banana industry in Latin America and the Caribbean and the cultural,
political, economic, and agricultural processes
and their relations with the U.S. and Europe)
edited by Steve Striffler and Mark Moberg
Duke University Press, 2003
364 pages - very good condition, softcover
pages intact and underlinings only on 7 pages
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Down Home Ways - Old-Fangled Skills For Making Hundreds of Simple, Useful Things
by Jerry Mack Johnson
Greenwich House, 1984
240 pages
hardcover, very good condition
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Reader’s Digest Back to Basics - How To Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills - Second Edition
edited by Norman Mack
Reader’s Digest, 1999
456 pages
hardcover, interior pages are in very good condition
gift inscription is written on front endpage
letter “R” stamped in red on bottom pages of book
back cover has tiny taped area
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Spring Snow - The Seasons of New England From The Old Farmer’s Almanac
by Castle Freeman, Jr.
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
hardcover - like new condition
177 pages
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Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture For The Year 1875
Washington Government Printing Office, 1876
articles on sheep and wool of the world, catalog of forest trees of the U.S., popular varities of fruits, alfalfa, French mode of curing forage, hog cholera, alpacas, and more
B&W plates, drawings, maps
antique hardcover - book is 140 years old!
536 pages - good reading copy
binding has small torn areas
edges and corners of book are bumped
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Life in Rural America
edited by Robert Bredeen
National Geographic Society, 1974
vintage clothbound hardcover,
like new condition
no dustjacket
208 pages, no marks or notes
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The American Farmhouse
by Henry J. Kauffman
Hawthorn Books, 1975
vintage hardcover, 265 pages
very good condition
dustjacket is worn around the edges
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Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805
by Eric Sloane
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984
First Dodd, Mead Edition stated
hardcover - very good condition
dustjacket shows some slight wear
interior pages - clean and crisp
former owner’s name on title page
107 pages
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The Forgotten Arts - Book Three
by Richard M. Bacon
Yankee Books, 1976
First Edition Stated
vintage softcover, 64 pages
good condition -
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The Forgotten Arts - Book Two
by Richard M. Bacon
Yankee Books, 1975
First Edition Stated
vintage softcover, 64 pages
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The Forgotten Arts - Book One
by Richard M. Bacon
Yankee Books, 1975
First Edition Stated
vintage softcover, 64 pages
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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming
by Charles L. Flint
A. Williams & Co., 1858
antique hardcover,
good condition considering book is 157 years old!
no marks or notes -
pages are tanned with some light staining due to age
416 pages -
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Reader’s Digest Back to Basics - How To Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
edited by Norman Mack
Reader’s Digest, 1981
former library book with usual library markings
456 pages
hardcover, interior pages are in very good condition
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Prehistoric Agriculture
edited by Stuart Struever
Natural History Press, 1971
vintage softcover, 734 pages
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The Golden Age of Homespun
by Jared van Wagenen, Jr.
American Century Series, Hill and Wang, 1963
former school book, 280 pages
softcover
some underlining and pen marks on cover
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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture - 1891
Government Printing Office - 1892
vintage hardcover - good condition
considering book is 134 years old!
pages are discolored due to age
rare collector’s item
one loose page
653 pages
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The Lifeline of America - Development of the Food Industry
by Edward C. Hampe, Jr. and Merle Wittenberg
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964
vintage clothbound hardcover, 390 pages
good condition - no marks or writing, pages
are clean and intact, cover shows minimal wear as shown in photo
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This Old Barn
edited by Ken Wysocky
published by Roy J. Reiman
Country Books, 1996
hardcover, 194 pages
interior pages are clean and intact -like new
top corner of spine of book has been taped to
cover torn area of spine as shown in photo
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist’s diary
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
hardcover - 186 pages
very good condition
stunning color illustrations
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Farm to Factory
Women’s Letters, 1830-1860
edited by Thomas Dublin
Columbia University Press, 1993
217 pages
softcover, interior pages are in very good condition
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The Family Farm in the Web of Community
Four Maine Towns, 1940-1984
Gorham, Houlton, Turner, and Union
by David Vail, Richard Wescott, Richard Parker, Mark Silber with Erling Skorpen
photos by Abelardo Morell
A Project of the Maine Humanities Council, 1985
plastic comb softcover, 144 pages
good condition
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Country Folklore - 1920’s & 1930’s...and that’s
the way it was
by Louise K. Nelson
autographed copy
softcover, 1997
signed by author with gift inscription
like new condition, 160 pages
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Seeds of Change - The Living Treasure
The Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and Revolutionize the Way We Think About Food
by Kenny Ausubel
Harper San Francisco
First Paperback Edition, 1994
softcover - very good condition
232 pages
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist’s diary
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
hardcover - 186 pages
very good condition
stunning color illustrations
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The Golden Age of Homespun
by Jared van Wagenen, Jr.
American Century Series, Hill and Wang, 1963
280 pages
softcover
cover shows wear
outer edge of pages shows light soiling
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An Age of Barns
by Eric Sloane
Ballantine Books, 1976
vintage softcover - very good condition
wonderful line drawings
238 pages
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Heirloom Flowers - Vintage Flowers for Modern Gardens
by Tovah Martin
Fireside, 1999
softcover, 192 pages
stunning photographs by David Cavagnaro
excellent condition
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist’s diary
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
hardcover - 186 pages
very good condition
stunning color illustrations
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Country Scrapbook - All About Country Lore & Life
by Jerry Mack Johnson
Simon & Schuster, 1977
vintage softcover - fairly good condition
cover is lightly soiled
320 pages -
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The Seasonal Hearth -
The Woman at Home in Early America
by Adelaide Hechtlinger
The Overlook Press, 1986
hardcover- good condition -
256 pages
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Defiant Gardens - Making Gardens in Wartime
by Kenneth I. Helphand
Trinity University Press, 2006
hardcover, 303 pages
very good like new condition - pages are clean and intact
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Reader’s Digest Back to Basics - How To Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
edited by Norman Mack
Reader’s Digest, 1981
excellent condition
456 pages
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Period Gardens - New Life for Historic Landscapes
by Patrick Taylor
photographs by Eric Crichton
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991
hardcover, 216 pages
excellent condition
pages are crisp and clean
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Recreating the Period Garden
edited by Graham Stuart Thomas, OBE, VMH, DHM,VMM
Gardens Consultant to the National Trust
David R. Godine, Publisher, 1985
First U.S. edition stated
hardcover, excellent like new condition, 192 pages
pages are clean, crisp, and intact
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The Art of Gardening Through The Ages
by Tassilo Wengel
translated from German by Leonard Goldman
Edition Leipzig, 1987
vintage hardcover, 272 pages
interior pages - very good condition
dustjacket is worn and has been repaired
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Your Farm Bureau
by Alice Sturgis
with verses by Richard Armour and cartoons by Leo Hersfield
illustrated by Alan Atkins
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958
vintage hardcover, 233 pages
very good condition
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Changing Works - Visions of a Lost Agriculture
by Douglas Harper
University of Chicago Press, 2001
clothbound hardcover, 302 pages
excellent condition
gift inscription signed by author on front endpage
one page has a dog-eared crease that has been flattened
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Old Farm Buildings
by Nigel Harvey
Shire 10 Album
Shire Publications Ltd., 1980
agricultural history of England
softcover booklet, 33 pages
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Farms and Farmers in An Urban Age
by Edward Higbee
A Twentieth Century Fund Study, 1968
vintage softcover, 183 pages
very good condition
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Americans in Agriculture - Portraits in Diversity
1990 Yearbook of Agriculture
edited by Deborah Takiff Smith
hardcover, 183 pages
good condition
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The Vertical Farm - Feeding the World in the
21st Century
by Dr. Dickson Despommier, 2010
DVD - 6.5 hours unabridged
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Hawai, ‘i’s - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - Celebrating the First 100 Years
BRAND NEW - STILL IN PLASTIC WRAP
edited by Barry M. Brennan and James R. Hollyer
oversized hardcover, 310 pages
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The Best of The Old Farmer’s Almanac
The First Two Hundred Years
edited by Judson Hale
Random House, 1992
softcover, 244 pages
fair condition
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Plough and Pasture -
The Early History of Farming
A Volume in the Life of Science Library
Number 27
Part I: Prehistoric Farming of Europe and the Near East by E. Cecil Curwen
Part II: Farming of Non-European Peoples
by Gudmond Hatt
Henry Schuman, 1953
vintage hardcover, 329 pages
good condition considering age of book
former library book - no dustjacket
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Food, Farming, and Hunting
American Indian Contributions to the World
by Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield
Chelsea House Publishing, 2005
hardcover, 148 pages
interior pages - excellent condition
former library book
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Bible Plants for American Gardens
by Eleanor Anthony King
Dover Publications, Inc., 1975
vintage softcover, 204 pages
interior pages - good condition
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Plants of Colonial Days - A Guide to 160 Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in the Gardens
of Colonial Williamsburg
by Raymond L. Taylor
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1973
vintage softcover, 107 pages
interior pages - good condition
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The Heirloom Garden - Selecting & Growing
Over 300 Old-Fashioned Ornamentals
by JoAnn Gardner
Garden Way Publishing Co.,
First Printing, 1992
hardcover, 240 pages
like new condition
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Farming and Democracy
by A. Whitney Griswold
Yale University Press, 1952
hardcover, 227 pages
very good condition
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A Nation of Farmers
Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil
by Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton
New Society Publishers, 2009
softcover, 393 pages
very good condition
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Colonial Gardens
by Rudy F. Favretti & Gordon P. DeWolf
Barre Publishers, 1972
vintage hardcover, 165 pages
interior pages - very good condition
dustjacket is worn as shown in photo
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Gardening With Heirloom Plants
by David Stuart
Reader’s Digest, 1997
hardcover, 165 pages
interior pages - very good condition
dustjacket shows light wear
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The Old Farmer and His Almanack
Being some observations on life and manners in new England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter
by George Lyman Kittredge
Corner House Publishers, 1974
(first published in 1792)
hardcover, 403 pages
former library book with library markings
on cover
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1905 - Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture
by David Stuart
Government Printing Office, 1906
vintage hardcover, 815 pages
discoloration spots due to age
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1907 - Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture
by David Stuart
Government Printing Office, 1908
vintage hardcover, 798 pages
discoloration spots due to age
some pages appears to have some insect
damage on the end of the page
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American Farms - Exploring Their History
by R. Douglas Hurt
Krieger Publishing Company, 1996
hardcover, 165 pages
former library book
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Mama Wears Two Aprons
Women in Farming and Farm Marketing
by Margaret Marshall Coleman
Publishing Works, 2008
signed by author
softcover, 131 pages
good condition
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From the Farm to the Table
What All Americans Need to Know About
Agriculture
by Gary Holthaus
University Press of Kentucky, 2006
hardcover, 363 pages
good condition
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The Green Rising - An Historical Survey of Agrarianism, With Special Reference to the
Organized Efforts of the Farmers of the
United States to Improve Their Economic
and Social Status
by W.B. Bizzell, PH.D., LL.D
The Macmillan Company, 1926
vintage hardcover, 269 pages
very good condition
former library book
rare collector’s item
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The Emergence of Agriculture
by Bruce D. Smith
Scientific American Library, 1995
hardcover, 231 pages
like new condition
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New Roots for Agriculture
New Edition
by Wes Jackson
Foreword by Wendell Berry
University of Nebraska Press, 1985
softcover, 151 pages
good condition
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Farmers at the Crossroads
by Ezra Taft Benson
(as told to Carlisle Bergeron)
Unabridged Special Edition
Devin-Adair Company, 1956
vintage softcover, 109 pages
good condition
rare collector’s item
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The Dutch-American Farm
by David Steven Cohen
New York University Press, 1992
hardcover, 240 pages
very good condition
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Plants of the Bible and How to Grow Them
by Allan A. Swenson
Citadel Press, 2002
hardcover, 217 pages
very good like new condition
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Farmers of Forty Centuries
or Permanent Agriculture in China,
Korea, and Japan
by F.H. King
Rodale Press, reprinted from 1911 edition
hardcover, 441 pages
good condition
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Threshing Days
The Farm Paintings of Lavern Kammerude
text by Chester Garthwaite
Wisconsin Folk Museum, 1990
hardcover, 103 pages
good condition
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Son of a Farmer - Child of the Earth
A Path of Agriculture’s Higher Consciousness
by Eric Herm
softcover, 248 pages
some underlining, notes, and dog-eared pages
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A Window in Time
Merrimack Farmers’Exchange in Crisis and
Transition
by Charles F. Sheridan
privately published, 2010
softcover, 84 pages
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From the Farm to the Table
What all Americans need to know about agriculture
by Gary Holthaus
University Press of Kentucky, 2006
hardcover, 363 pages
no dustjacket
very good condition
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Grandma’s Garden
A Celebration of Old-Fashioned Gardening
by Laura Martin
Longstreet Press, 1990
softcover, 153 pages
very good condition
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Living at Nature’s Pace - Farming & The American Dream
by Gene Logsdon
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2000
softcover, 258 pages
good condition
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Good Old Days Remembers Working on the Farm
edited by Ken & Janice Tate
House of White Birches, 2000
hardcover, 160 pages
good condition
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The Last Harvest
The Genetic Gamble That Threatens to Destroy American Agriculture
by Paul Raeburn
University of Nebraska Press, 1996
softcover, 269 pages
like new condition
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A History of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
by David C. Smith
UMO Life Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station, 1980
vintage hardcover, 292 pages
former library book
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The American Farm - A Vanishing Way of Life
text by David G. Brown
principal photography by Dudley Witney
Key Porter Books, 1998
hardcover, 159 pages
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The American Farm - A Vanishing Way of Life
text by David G. Brown
principal photography by Dudley Witney
Key Porter Books, 1998
hardcover, 159 pages
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That We May Eat
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1975
vintage hardcover, 362 pages
good condition
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Slippin’ Away: The Loss of Black-Owned Farms
Proceedings of the Home Mission Forum
Ownesboro, Kentucky, 1987
Co-Sponsored by the Catholic Committee of the South and the Catholic Diocese of Ownesboro,
Kentucky
Glenmary Research Center - Atlanta, Georgia
edited by David Dybiec, 1988
vintage softcover, 66 pages, former library book
cover has library markings as shown in photo
rare collector’s item
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist’s diary
Webb & Bower Ltd., 1978
hardcover - 186 pages
good condition
stunning color illustrations
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Farms of Tomorrow Revisited
Community Supported Farms - Farm
Supported Communities
by Trauger Groh & Steven McFadden
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, 1997
Kimberton, Pennsylvania
softcover, 294 pages
very good condition
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The Biggle Garden Book
Vegetables, Small Fruits and Flowers for Pleasure and Profit
Biggle Farm Library
by Jacob Biggle
(first published in 1908)
Skyhorse Publishing, 2014
hardcover, 184 pages
very good “like new” condition
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Farm
The Vernacular Tradition of Working Buildings
by David Larkin
The Monicelli Press, 1995
oversized hardcover, 240 pages
interior pages - good condition
stunning color photos
principal photography by Paul Rocheleau
cover is stained - no dustjacket
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A Book of Country Things
An account account of the everyday life
of a pre-industrial farm in the early 1800s
told by Walter Needham
recorded by Barrows Mussey
Alan C. Hood & Company, 1965
softcover - 166 pages
good condition
stunning color illustrations
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The Grange - Friend of the Farmer 1867-1947
by Charles M. Gardner
published by The National Grange, 1949
vintage hardcover - 529 pages
former library book with usual library markings
good condition
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I Am Not a Tractor!
How Florida Farmworkers Took on the Fast Food
Giants and Won
by Susan L. Marquis
Cornell University Press, 2017
hardcover - 279 pages
good condition
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The Essential Agrarian Reader
The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
edited by Norman Wirzba
foreword by Barbara Kingsolver
Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003
softcover - 276 pages
good condition
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Farms of Tomorrow Revisited
Community Supported Farms-Farm Supported
Communities
by Trauger Groh & Steven McFadden
Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association,
1997
softcover - 294 pages
good condition
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Bringing the Food Economy Home
Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness
by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield,
Steven Gorelick
Zed Books, 2002
softcover - 150 pages
good condition
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist’s diary
Webb & Bower, 1978
hardcover - 186 pages
very good condition
stunning color illustrations
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