| Description |
x, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
A change of life : on becoming a farmer -- Regarding chickens and their eggs -- Buy it at the farmers' market -- An apprentice workforce -- The unpeaceable kingdom -- Thursday at the farm -- Wild weather (August 2000) -- Small-farm economics--watching the bottom line -- A garlic affair -- Barn swallows -- Organic certification and the United States Department of Agriculture -- A good knife -- In praise of herbs -- Farm dogs -- Marriage of body and mind -- It's a long road to a tomato -- The price of milk (December 2002) -- The hidden cost of farming -- Winter work -- Growing potatoes -- Kuri encounters a porcupine -- A day at the market -- Brave new vegetables -- Putting it back -- The driveway rabbits -- Sustainable vs. Organic--who loses? -- Inner sanctum--an office with a view -- A reversal of fortune -- The unweeded garden -- Farms on the block -- The heart of winter (January 2003) -- On the eve of war (February 2003) -- A man and his tractor -- The high price of milk -- Working man's mesclun -- Tiny Tim and his bovine harem -- Farm politic -- Kuri--circa 1985 to 2003 -- What will happen to the land? -- Epilogue. |
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Organic farming -- New York (State) -- Orange County -- Anecdotes.
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Truck farming -- New York (State) -- Orange County -- Anecdotes.
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Stewart, Keith, 1944-
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Farmers -- New York (State) -- Orange County -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1569243301 paperback |
| Standard No. |
9781569243305 |
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