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A memoir-ish book about becoming a small time farmer as well as the implications of having a supermarket chain in your small town.
Generally enjoyed the tone of this though it was a bit choppy at points.

Every year I try to read a book set in each US state and sometimes I end up with some strange reading material. Some of this book about regenerative farming in North Dakota went over my head, but some parts were actually very interesting. I don‘t think I‘ll ever own a farm but if I do this is definitely the way I would go.

I loved this memoire of growing and raising your own food. I never had any delusions of it being easy (enforced child labor in my mother‘s garden) and I‘m happy for someone to slaughter and butcher the meat I eat, I want to know where my food comes from. I love how generous she was with her food, even after someone stole her one and only watermelon. And the way the neighbors came together, all different cultures and backgrounds bonding over food.

The debut of fair-trade-certified coffee in the United States in 1999 was an important event. After years of growth, fair-trade-sales in Europe had begun to stagnant and in some cases even decline. The United States consumes an astounding one-fifth of the world‘s coffee—more than any other nation-making coffee the country‘s single most valuable food import. ☕️

Non-heritable modifications in morphological, physiological or biochemical characteristics tend to reduce or decrease growth and productivity, and sometimes lead to death.
Read in details at - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Plants-Changing-Environment-ebook/dp/B0B7P6YG1N

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The title of lunatic farmer is one Mr. Salatin wears proudly. This book lays out his philosophy of farming. In hip language, he is old-school. His ways, though modernized, hearken to the days before modern fees lots and industrial farms. It's following nature's patterns. I enjoyed this book immensely. The only nit-pick is that it could use some pro editing. That is easily ignored. Excellent and fun read.

Been on my radar a while. I think sometimes I might be a lunatic for doing what I do on my little urban homestead.

When books collide! The tagged book has a whole chapter on orangeries and the other has a significant scene take place in the orangerie at the palace of Versailles (a location specifically mentioned in the first book)! A fun overlap of two extremely different books I happen to read at the same time! 🍊