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ISBN
0963810960
EAN
9780963810960
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Paperback / softback
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The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
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Joel Salatin
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Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0963810960
ISBN-13
9780963810960
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92502689

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Agriculture / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
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Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Author
Joel Salatin
Format
Trade Paperback

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1 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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2010-909490
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Foodies and environmentally minded folks often struggle to understand and articulate the fundamental differences between the farming and food systems they endorse and those promoted by Monsanto and friends. With visceral stories and humor from Salatin's half-century as a "lunatic" farmer, Salatin contrasts the differences on many levels: practical, spiritual, social, economic, ecological, political, and nutritional. In today's conventional food-production paradigm, any farm that is open-sourced, compost-fertilized, pasture-based, portably-infrastructured, solar-driven, multi-speciated, heavily peopled, and soil-building must be operated by a lunatic. Modern, normal, reasonable farmers erect "No Trespassing" signs, deplete soil, worship annuals, apply petroleum-based chemicals, produce only one commodity, erect Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, and discourage young people from farming. Anyone looking for ammunition to defend a more localized, solar-driven, diversified food system will find an entire arsenal in these pages. With wit and humor honed during countless hours working on the farm he loves, and then interacting with conventional naysayers, Salatin brings the land to life, farming to sacredness, and food to ministry. Divided into four main sections, the first deals with principles to nurture the earth, an idea mainline farming has never really endorsed. The second section describes food and fiber production, including the notion that most farmers don't care about nutrient density or taste because all they want is shipability and volume. The third section, titled "Respect for Life," presents an apologetic for food sacredness and farming as a healing ministry. Only lunatics would want less machinery and pathogenicity. Oh, the ecstasy of not using drugs or paying bankers. How sad. The final section deals with promoting community, including the notion that more farmers would be a good thing.
LC Classification Number
S494.5.S86

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    • by ms.89g
      Jun 26, 2019

      Humorous, helpful, honest.

      This book is refreshing, humorous, and encouraging for American farmers. Joel Salatin gives hope for the future on how to renew the soil and live in balance with the environment.

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    • by michaelloveland
      Sep 28, 2020

      Inspiring well written book

      This books makes you believe in a healthy earth by using animals and responsible humans! Go think!!

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: magicmarigold

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