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Getting Started in Organic Gardening for Fun and Profit
by Jay North
Jay North, 30 years as Pro. Organic farmer and pioneer in the organic industry, takes readers step-by-step through everything they need to know to grow beautiful organic crops and to sell what they grow. The book offers information what to grow, how to choose plants that are right for your climate zone, how to build soil, how to control weeds and pests, how to compost, and much more. There are sections on growing vegetables, fruits, edible flowers and ornamentals. Plus Jay’s sage advice--based on 30 years of experience and millions of dollars in sales--on how to promote and market your crops.



Hope's Edge by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé

- Hope's Edge-New Book by Frances Moore Lappe

In Hope's Edge, we travel to five continents searching for answers to the most challenging question of our time: Why are we as societies creating the very inequalities and environmental devastation that as individuals we abhor? And we look for pathways we each can walk to create more meaningful lives--contributing to a more just world and one in harmony with nature.

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Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance

Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance

Transforming Food Production in Cuba includes the contribution of thirty-two of Cuba's leading agriculture researchers, plus three American experts on Cuba agriculture, including Dr. Peter Rosset, the co-director of Food First. It also includes a prologue by Professor Miguel Altieri of the University of California at Berkeley, and an epilog by Professor Richard Levins of Harvard University.

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New Organic Grower Author: Eliot Coleman- New Organic Grower

"A master gardener and farmer describes the simplest and most sustainable ways to grow top-quality organic vegetables. Includes practical information on marketing
the harvest, small-scale equipment and gardening and farming for the long-term health of the soil."

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GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH

GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH by
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at Seeds of Change, and John Harrisson

~Garden planning and design that saves work and water
~Composting and other methods to build soil without chemical fertilizers
~Planting and pruning techniques for dramatically increased yields
~The pleasures of seed saving--and even breeding your own varieties
~Exploring the richness of biodiversity through kinship gardening
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New Book on Cuba's Conversion to Organic Agriculture

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