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HOMEGROWN Book Review: “Farm Anatomy” by Julia Rothman
Should fresh eggs sink or float when placed in water? How many square feet are in an acre? Can you identify the anatomy of a corn stalk? Find out these answers and more in Julia Rothman’s book Farm...
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Book Review: Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter: Scaling Back In The 21st Century
Much like this web site, Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter is a compilation of like-minded people’s stories. The common thread that weaves between the stories is the builders’ immense pride of place, a drive...
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Dinner Discussion: Spring Foraged Dinner and Pickled Knotweed
I’ve been meaning to share about a magical evening that I had a couple of weeks ago, and am just now getting around to it. I was invited to a Dinner Discussion hosted by Leif Hedendal and attended by...
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The Greenhorns: “How Not To Buy A Farm”
We’re thrilled to finally have our hands on “Greenhorns: The Next Generation of American Farmers,” a new book by our friends, The Greenhorns. Editors (and fellow Greenhorns) Severine Von Tscharner...
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Novella Carpenter’s “Why I Eat Meat” Essay For The Ethicist
You’ve probably heard about the avalanche of submissions that the New York Times received for its essay contest, which presented the query: “Tell us why it’s ethical to eat meat.” A provocative...
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The 2012 HOMEGROWN Holiday Gift Guide
As the cacophony of consumerism clangs around us, let’s take a moment to consider gifts with meaning—those that come from our hands, our hearts, and our local communities. Here it is, folks: the...
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HOMEGROWN Life: Thanks, E. B. White
A friend gave me a copy of Down East magazine back before Christmas with a page earmarked. “You’ll die laughing,” she warned me. Turns out, it was a reprint of E. B. White’s “Memorandum,” from One...
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Book Review: Ben Falk’s ‘The Resilient Farm and Homestead’
Ben Falk’s The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach (available now from Chelsea Green Publishing) is packed with practical information for the...
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HOMEGROWN Life: Working On (and Off) the Farm
I’ve been rereading a book lately that I hadn’t picked up in a few years. It’s called Fields Without Dreams, by Victor Davis Hanson. This 20-year-old book is worth a read. It makes you think—perhaps...
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HOMEGROWN Life: Raising Romeo, a Love Story
I love how just walking into a barn can be inspiring. “What?!” you might respond. You may have to be a farmer to understand what I mean, but my guess is anyone who loves his or her job sees...
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