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  1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide,... (learn more about this book)

  2. Harvest for Hope

    by Jane Goodall, Gerry McAvoy, Gail Hudson

    The renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the animal kingdom now turns her attention to an incredibly important and deeply personal issue-taking a stand for a more sustainable world. In this provocative and encouraging book, Jane... (learn more about this book)

  3. Gaia's Garden

    by Toby Hemenway

    The first edition of Gaia’s Garden, sparked the imagination of America’s home gardeners, introducing permaculture’s central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens... (learn more about this book)

  4. The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It

    by John Seymour, Will Sutherland

    The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and... (learn more about this book)

  5. Four-Season Harvest

    by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bary, Barbara Damrosch

    If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American... (learn more about this book)

  6. Carrots Love Tomatoes

    by Louise Riotte

    This classic has now taught generations of gardeners how to use the natural benefits of plants to protect and support each other. Here is a reader's complete reference to which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which plants just don't get along. Here is a complete... (learn more about this book)

  7. How to Grow More Vegetables*

    by John Jeavons

    A classic in the field of sustainable gardening, HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES shows how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it's just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre. Updated... (learn more about this book)

  8. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

    by Paul Stamets

    Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.   The basic science goes like this:... (learn more about this book)

  9. Food Not Lawns

    by H. C. Flores

    Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution—it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban... (learn more about this book)

  10. Lasagna Gardening

    by Patricia Lanza

    A gardening system that works-- so you don't have to! Turn in your tiller for a stack of old newspapers! Replace your shovel with a layer of grass clippings! Let Pat Lanza show you how you can create lush, successful, easy-care gardens in practically any location without hours of backbreaking... (learn more about this book)

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