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Author: Douglas Stevenson Publisher: New Society Publishers ISBN: 1550925652 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 243
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From commune to ecovillage — an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world’s best-known intentional community In the Summer of Love in San Francisco's Haight-Asbury, a charismatic young hippie by the name of Stephen Gaskin launched "Monday Night Class"—a weekly event which drew together an eclectic mix of truth-seekers and flower children. Soon the class became a caravan, and after touring the country this colorful crew decided to seek a plot of land and found a commune based on their shared values. Thus was born The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee. The Farm Then and Now presents the story of a group that has defied the odds, blending idealism with a practical approach to intentional community and creating a model for sustainable living. Just as the Monday Night Classes taught students to open their hearts and minds, The Farm continues as a School of Change, demonstrating ways to operate collectively in terms of: Land, water, and stewardship Health care, building, and infrastructure Cooperation, compassion, and spiritual values For humans to survive as a species, we must relearn the skills needed to work together; the lessons of The Farm can be applied in any community or organization. The Farm Then and Now addresses both the successes and shortcomings of this unique ongoing social experiment, showing how what was once the largest commune in the world has evolved into an exceptional example of living lightly on the earth. Douglas Stevenson has been a member of The Farm Community for forty years. His company Green Life Retreats hosts the Farm Experience Weekend and other instructional seminars about sustainable living.
Author: Nancy Castaldo Publisher: words & pictures ISBN: 0711242534 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 83
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Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way. Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields, and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators, and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins, and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping, and baking bread. To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colorful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.
Author: Carol K. Lindeen Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 1496600045 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 19
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Farming is a difficult job, but today's farmers have machines that help them work more quickly and easily. Farmers long ago used farm animals to help them with their work. Today animals still play an important role on farms, but machines have replaced them in the fields. In Farming Then and Now you will practice some key phonics skills while learning how farm work has changed over the years.
Author: Lisl H. Detlefsen Publisher: ISBN: 9781948898003 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
Author: Lisa Zamosky Publisher: Teacher Created Materials ISBN: 1433390388 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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Farmers are important because they grow the food that people eat. Modern equipment enables farmers to grow more food for an ever-increasing world population.
Author: Marie Mutsuki Mockett Publisher: Graywolf Press ISBN: 1644451166 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 416
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An epic story of the American wheat harvest, the politics of food, and the culture of the Great Plains For over one hundred years, the Mockett family has owned a seven-thousand-acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, where Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s father was raised. Mockett, who grew up in bohemian Carmel, California, with her father and her Japanese mother, knew little about farming when she inherited this land. Her father had all but forsworn it. In American Harvest, Mockett accompanies a group of evangelical Christian wheat harvesters through the heartland at the invitation of Eric Wolgemuth, the conservative farmer who has cut her family’s fields for decades. As Mockett follows Wolgemuth’s crew on the trail of ripening wheat from Texas to Idaho, they contemplate what Wolgemuth refers to as “the divide,” inadvertently peeling back layers of the American story to expose its contradictions and unhealed wounds. She joins the crew in the fields, attends church, and struggles to adapt to the rhythms of rural life, all the while continually reminded of her own status as a person who signals “not white,” but who people she encounters can’t quite categorize. American Harvest is an extraordinary evocation of the land and a thoughtful exploration of ingrained beliefs, from evangelical skepticism of evolution to cosmopolitan assumptions about food production and farming. With exquisite lyricism and humanity, this astonishing book attempts to reconcile competing versions of our national story.
Author: Jay Jennings Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738569215 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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Before there was a Disneyland, there was Knott's Berry Farm. What started out in the early 1920s as a small, roadside berry stand in Buena Park, California, grew over the next 60 years into one of the most popular amusement parks in the world. Its founder, Walter Knott, along with his wife and family, knew no boundaries when it came to expanding his small berry market and tearoom into the world-famous Chicken Dinner Restaurant and later adding his ultimate achievement, Ghost Town. This book documents the early history of Knott's Berry Farm, featuring over 200 rarely seen images.
Author: Julia Rothman Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1603429816 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 225
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Learn the difference between a farrow and a barrow, and what distinguishes a weanling from a yearling. Country and city mice alike will delight in Julia Rothman’s charming illustrated guide to the curious parts and pieces of rural living. Dissecting everything from the shapes of squash varieties to how a barn is constructed and what makes up a beehive to crop rotation patterns, Rothman gives a richly entertaining tour of the quirky details of country life.
Author: Lisa Zamosky Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing ISBN: 1433390388 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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What was being a farmer like in the past? Readers can find out in this refreshing book that compares farming and farming equipment of today with farming of the past. This book includes details about farming tools, irrigation systems, pesticides, and organic farming. The table of contents, glossary, and index gives readers tools they need to better understand the content.
Author: Douglas Stevenson
Author: Douglas Stevenson
Author: Douglas Stevenson
Author: Nancy Castaldo
Author: Carol K. Lindeen
Author: Lisl H. Detlefsen
Author: Lisa Zamosky
Author: Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Author: Jay Jennings
Author: Julia Rothman
Author: Lisa Zamosky