Lazor is as handy with a pen as with a plow in this helpful guide for any aspect of organic farming. Longtime farming pioneer Jack Lazor has progressed from a back-to-the-land idealist to the co-manager, with his wife, of a profitable... Read More

This in-depth look at the government’s treatment of raw food producers and distributors is a rallying cry against all unnecessary regulation. Before the advent of pasteurization in the 1860s, there was no food processing and little... Read More

This guide is an invaluable aid for those who produce healthy foods and need a practical and socially responsible business model. An idealistic worldview and a penchant for accounting are rarely found in the same person. Yet, Elizabeth... Read More

Author offers straightforward advice on how farmers and homesteaders can use the resources around them to their, and the environment’s, advantage. Permaculture can seem like a too-large umbrella term attempting to bring together a... Read More

Author describes how anybody can achieve “weatherization on steroids” for big home energy savings. In his hands-on guide to energy-efficient renovations for homeowners, construction expert Jeff Wilson presents highly useful... Read More

Offering deeply useful advice and fascinating portraits of urban farmers, Backyard Roots is a rich collection of stories about people who boost community by growing food and raising animals in the heart of a city. Author Lori Eanes, a... Read More

Need to survive the apocalypse? There’s a plant for that. If natural disaster strikes and grocery store shelves go bare, what could an apartment dweller find to eat? The thought of “apocalypse insurance” drove Rebecca Lerner to... Read More

With a special passion for the food of Crete, this author offers dissections of food and culture worth thinking about. In his memoir, Eric Ball answers serious questions that everyone who claims involvement in the current food revolution... Read More