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 Organic No-Till has been an unachievable…Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 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,…Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 12, 2019
Book ReviewsVABF News Book Review: The Organic Seed Grower: A Farmer’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Production by John Navazio The slower growing season has arrived, and we start to think about…Mark Schonbeck MarkDecember 18, 2018
Book ReviewsVABF News Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkNovember 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkOctober 16, 2018
Book Reviews Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer. 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkSeptember 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkSeptember 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. This month's book review brings another good book by…Mark Schonbeck MarkJuly 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkJune 16, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast By Ira Wallace January 2014, 200 pages, $19.95. ISBN-13: 978-1-60469-371-3 This book is valuable firstly to…Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 15, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers by Lisa Kivirist New Society Publishers, 2016, ISBN 978-0-86571-805-0. $24.95 Although women are not a minority,…Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 16, 2018
Book Reviews Book Review: The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook by Andrew Mefferd Organic Vegetable Production Using Protected Culture. Chelsea Green March 2017, $34.95 ISBN 978-1-60358-637-5…Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 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!…Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 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…Mark Schonbeck MarkJanuary 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,…Mark Schonbeck MarkDecember 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,…Mark Schonbeck MarkNovember 16, 2017
Book Reviews Book Review: Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants, by Richard Mabey. Ecco Paperbacks 2012 Reviewed by Pam Dawling, author of Sustainable Market Farming and weekly blogger on her website…VABF AdminOctober 11, 2017
Book Reviews Book Review: High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, Storey Publishing, December 2015 Reviewed by Pam Dawling, author of Sustainable Market Farming and weekly blogger on her website…VABF AdminSeptember 7, 2017