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An Organic Guide to Growing , Processing , and Using Nutritious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers , 2nd Edition
Gene Logsdon
Paperback
$ 29.95
First published in 1977 , this book — from one of America ’s most famous and prolific agricultural author — became an almost insistent classic among homestead nurseryman and small farmers . Now amply update !
diminished - Scale Grain Raisingoffers a entirely novel generation of readers the best introduction to a wide-eyed range of both common and lesser - known metier grain and related field crops , from corn , wheat , and rye to buckwheat , millet , Elmer Reizenstein , spelt , flax , and even beans and sunflowers .
More and more Americans are seeking out topically grow foods , yet one of the material stumbling occlusion to their efforts has been receive local beginning for grains , which are grown mainly on large , distant collective farms . At the same sentence , commodity prices for grains — and the products made from them — have skyrocket due to rise energy costs and increase demand . In this book , Gene Logsdon try that anyone who has access to a prominent garden or small farm can ( and should ) think outside the factory farm box and learn to raise healthy whole grain or beans — the base of our culinary food for thought pyramid — alongside their fruits and vegetable .
Starting from the simple but revolutionary construct of the garden “ pancake patch , ” Logsdon opens up our eyes to a whole existence of industrial plant that we wrongly assume only the agrarian “ big son ” can get . He succinctly cut across all the basics , from planting and dealing with pests , sens , and disease to harvest home , processing , storing , and using whole grain . There are even a few recipes sprinkled throughout , along with more than a little wit and wisdom .
Never has there been a better time , or a more receptive hearing , for this book . Localvores , serious home gardeners , CSA farmers , and whole - intellectual nourishment advocates — in fact , all people who evaluate fresh , high-pitched - caliber foods — will find a field full of information and ideas in this once and next classic .
“ Home bakers rejoice ! Gene ’s book is back just in time to assist you grow those flavoursome , old , heirloom caryopsis varieties you have always wanted to try . Bon appétit!”—Eliot Coleman , author ofThe Winter Harvest HandbookandThe New Organic Grower
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