Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Drought Resilient Farm Book Review: Dale Strickler: The Drought Resilient Farm, Practical Strategies for Drought Resilience on Farm…Pam DawlingJuly 17, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Worm Farmer’s Handbook Rhonda Sherman: The Worm Farmer's Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools…Pam DawlingJune 19, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers Andrew Mefferd New Society Publishers, January 2019, $29.99 聽 Organic No-Till has been an unachievable…Pam DawlingMay 16, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration Chris Smith, Chelsea Green, June 2019 ISBN…Pam DawlingApril 17, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Seed Underground: Growing a Revolution to Save Seeds Book Review The Seed Underground: Growing a Revolution to Save Seeds Janisse Ray Chelsea Green,…Pam DawlingMarch 13, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News The New Organic Grower Book Review The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and…Pam DawlingFebruary 12, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Organic Seed Grower: A Farmer鈥檚 Guide to Vegetable Seed Production by John Navazio The slower growing season has arrived, and we start to think about…Pam DawlingDecember 18, 2018
Book ReviewsVABF News Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm鈥檚 Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land Farming While Black, Leah Penniman, Chelsea Green, November 2018 ISBN 978-1-60358-761-7, 368 pages, $34.95 Full…Pam DawlingNovember 15, 2018
Book ReviewsVABF News Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate by Laura Lengnick Book Review, Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate Laura Lengnick. New Society…Pam DawlingOctober 16, 2018
Book Reviews Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer. 聽Essentials for Growing and Raising Vegetables, Fruits, Livestock, Grains for Market. Forrest Pritchard and Ellen Polishuk The Experiment, New York. ISBN 978-1-61519-489-6 Here is a book…Pam DawlingSeptember 13, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land Curtis Stone New Society Publishers, 2016 The Urban Farmer is part of the movement to…Pam DawlingSeptember 6, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth Cindy Conner, New Society Publishers 2014. 聽This month's book review brings another good book by…Pam DawlingJuly 19, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy and Serenity An independent and iconoclastic gardener, Carol introduces each chapter with a passage from her own…Pam DawlingJune 16, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast By Ira Wallace聽January 2014, 200 pages, $19.95. ISBN-13: 978-1-60469-371-3 This book is valuable firstly to…Pam DawlingMay 15, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers by Lisa Kivirist聽New Society Publishers, 2016, ISBN 978-0-86571-805-0. $24.95 Although women are not a minority,…Pam DawlingApril 16, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook by Andrew Mefferd聽Organic Vegetable Production Using Protected Culture. Chelsea Green March 2017, $34.95 ISBN 978-1-60358-637-5…Pam DawlingMarch 15, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Bio-integrated Farm by Shawn Jadrnicek This book was hidden in my "to read" pile for too long!…Pam DawlingFebruary 14, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Market Gardener, by Jean-Martin Fortier, New Society Publishers, 2014 Jean-Martin Fortier is one of the rock stars of small-scale organic vegetable farming, and he…Pam DawlingJanuary 11, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart, Algonquin Books, 2004 The Earth Moved is an easy read, fascinating, amusing,…Pam DawlingDecember 13, 2017
Book Reviews Book Review: The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables: More In-Depth Lean Techniques for Efficient Organic Production Ben Hartman, Chelsea Green, $29.95, publication November 2017 When I read Ben Hartman's first book,…Pam DawlingNovember 16, 2017