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International Environmental Labelling Vol.8 Garden
- For All People who wish to take care of Climate Change, Agriculture & Gardening Industries: (Shifting Cultivation, Nomadic Herding, Livestock Ranching, Commercial Plantations, Mixed Farming, Horticulture, Butterfly Gardens, Container Gardening, Demonstrati
(Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Jahangir Asadi
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For more than four decades, the self-described "contrary farmer"
and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American
agriculture. In Letter to a Young Farmer, his final book of essays,
Logsdon addresses the next generation-young people who are moving
back to the land to enjoy a better way of life as small-scale
"garden farmers." It's a lifestyle that isn't defined by
accumulating wealth or by the "get big or get out" agribusiness
mindset. Instead, it's one that recognizes the beauty of nature,
cherishes the land, respects our fellow creatures, and values rural
traditions. It's one that also looks forward and embraces "right
technologies," including new and innovative ways of working
smarter, not harder, and avoiding premature burnout. Completed only
a few weeks before the author's death, Letter to a Young Farmer is
a remarkable testament to the life and wisdom of one of the
greatest rural philosophers and writers of our time. Gene's earthy
wit and sometimes irreverent humor combines with his valuable
perspectives on many wide-ranging subjects-everything from how to
show a ram who's boss to enjoying the almost churchlike calmness of
a well-built livestock barn. Reading this book is like sitting down
on the porch with a neighbor who has learned the ways of farming
through years of long observation and practice. Someone, in short,
who has "seen it all" and has much to say, and much to teach us, if
we only take the time to listen and learn. And Gene Logsdon was the
best kind of teacher: equal parts storyteller, idealist, and
rabble-rouser. His vision of a nation filled with garden farmers,
based in cities, towns, and countrysides, will resonate with many
people, both young and old, who long to create a more sustainable,
meaningful life for themselves and a better world for all of us.
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