Most books about farming are for farmers. This collection of Joel Salatin's essays from Mother Earth News is for anyone who has ever wondered where their food comes from and whether the industrial system that provides it is the only option. Salatin farms the Virginia land his family has worked for more than sixty years. His essays draw directly on that experience: whether regenerative agriculture can scale (he says yes); the salvage-savage wisdom of the omnivorous chicken; what it takes to become a good farmer without having grown up as one. His guiding commitment runs through all of it: "non-chemical solutions to virtually everything." Salatin writes concisely, clearly, and concretely, even on broad subjects. Good for anyone interested in food supply issues; fascinating for those who have wondered whether they might have it in them to run an organic farm. Paperback.
