Foley, Michael W., 1945-

Farming for the long haul : resilience and the lost art of agricultural inventiveness / Michael Foley. - 265 pages. - New farmer library . - New farmer library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Farming in the ruins of the twentieth century -- A short, unhappy history of business advice for farmers -- Subsistence first! -- Land for the tiller -- Soil, civilization, and resilient farmers through the centuries -- Resourceful farmers -- Woodlands and wastes -- It takes a village : leisure, community, and resilience -- Getting a living, forging a livelihood -- Farmer, citizen, survivor : politics and resilience.

Farming for the Long Haul is a guide to building a viable small farm economy - one that can withstand the economic, political, and climatic shock waves that the twenty-first century portends. It details the innovative work of contemporary farmers, but more than anything else it draws from the experience of farming societies that maintained resilient agricultural systems over centuries of often turbulent change.

1603588000 9781603588003

2018037034

GBB929830 bnb


Agriculture--United States.
Farmers--United States.
Farms, Small--United States.
Agriculture.
Farmers.
Farms, Small.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture.

HD1476.U6 / F65 2019

338.10973

HD1476.U6 / F65 2019