Book Reviews for Farmers - Virginia Association Farming

A colorful book cover titled 'Fermentation Journeys' with a smiling man and fermentation doodles.

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Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, techniques and traditions from around the world

Book Review: Sandor Katzâ€™s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, techniques and traditions from around the world, by…

Mark Schonbeck MarkNovember 23, 2021

Cover of a book titled 'Building Your Permaculture Property' with aerial farmland view.

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Book Review: Building Your Permaculture Property, A Five Step Process to Design and Develop Land

Thank goodness for this book! I had already admired some of the work of Michelle…

Mark Schonbeck MarkOctober 18, 2021

Book cover titled 'Rebugging the Planet' with images of insects.

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Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More

Vicki Hird has a passion for insects, and this book brings home to us how…

Mark Schonbeck MarkSeptember 21, 2021

A book cover titled Build Your Own Farm Tools with images of farm equipment.

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Josh Volk, Build Your Own Farm Tools: Equipment and Systems for the Small-Scale Farm and Market Garden

I knew from the start that I would like this book! Who among us hasnâ€™t…

Mark Schonbeck MarkAugust 27, 2021

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Book Review: The Healthy Vegetable Garden: A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases.

By Sally Morgan Chelsea Green Publishing, September 2021 Sally Morgan is an expert organic gardener…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJuly 19, 2021

Cover of a book titled 'Pawpaws' featuring images of the fruit and a pawpaw tree branch.

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Pawpaws: The Complete Growing and Marketing Guide

Â Pawpaws: The Complete Growing and Marketing Guide by Blake Cothron, New Society Publishers, 2021, $29.99…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJune 23, 2021

Cover of The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost with a farm scene.

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The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower’s Guide to Ecological Market Gardening

Book Review: The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower’s Guide to Ecological Market Gardening, by…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 24, 2021

Cover of the book 'Market Farming Success' by Lynn Byczynski with carrots and a garden scene.

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Market Farming Success: The Business of Growing and Selling Local Food

Book Review:Â Market Farming Success:Â The Business of Growing and Selling Local Food Lynn Byczynski Published by…

Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 26, 2021

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Greenhorns: The Next Generation of American Farmers

This book isnâ€™t new but deserves much more attention. Itâ€™s a collection of short pieces…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 23, 2021

Illustration of a lush vegetable garden with various plants growing behind a wooden fence.

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Book Review: The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone

Book Review: The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone, Joseph…

Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 27, 2021

Cover of 'The Chinese Greenhouse' by Dan Chiras.

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Book Review: The Chinese Greenhouse: Design and Build a Low-Cost, Passive Solar Greenhouse

Book Review: The Chinese Greenhouse: Design and Build a Low-Cost, Passive Solar Greenhouse, Dan Chiras,…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJanuary 21, 2021

Cover of a book titled 'The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm' showing people working in a garden.

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The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market Garden That Builds Health in Soil, Crops, and Communities

Book Review: The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market…

Mark Schonbeck MarkDecember 21, 2020

Children working in a garden under the title 'Farmers'.

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Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

This book will fill the gaps in your knowledge of Black US agricultural history, with…

Mark Schonbeck MarkNovember 22, 2020

A colorful chalkboard sign advertising epic tomatoes for sale.

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Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time

This is a luscious book! The artwork makes it a feast for the eyes too!…

Mark Schonbeck MarkOctober 21, 2020

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Soil Science for Gardeners

I recommend this book to all gardeners who have hesitated to open a soil science…

Mark Schonbeck MarkSeptember 22, 2020

Cover of a book titled 'Dispossession' about African American farmers.

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Dispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights, by Pete Daniel

Book Review: Dispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights, by…

Mark Schonbeck MarkAugust 21, 2020

A book titled 'Grow Great Virginia Vegetables' with images of vegetables on the cover.

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Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia

Book Review: Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia, by Ira Wallace Timber Press, 2020. 240 pages,…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJuly 23, 2020

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No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture

Bryan Oâ€™Haraâ€™s No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture is the work of an expert. His bio says…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJune 26, 2020

Collage of people gardening and plants with a text about Earth Day.

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The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

The Earth in Her Hands is a beautiful book: a book to browse, a book…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 22, 2020

An old rustic house with the text 'GOING OVER HOME.'

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Going Over Home: A Search for Rural Justice in an Unsettled Land, by Charles Thompson

This engaging book is both a farm memoir and a discussion of racial disparities, wealth…

Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 23, 2020

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