Below is some of the inventory that we will have for sale at the Freedom Farmer's Market, on Saturday morning, May 29, 2021.
Books from Chelsea Green Publishing
For more details about these books go to the Chelsea Green Publishing website. The employee-owned company specializes in books on the politics and practice of sustainable living.
The Ecological Gardener, Matt Rees-Warren. More about the aesthetical and ecological aspect of gardens instead of vegetable growing.
Grounded, Liz Zorab. A British gardener's (4 year) journey to abundance and self-sufficiency.
Tiny Victory Gardens, Acadia Tucker. Growing food without a yard. A simple practical guide covering a range of topics.
The Tao of Vegetable Gardening, Carol Deppe. Cultivating tomatoes, greens, peas, beans, joy and serenity.
The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments, Nigel Palmer. Using locally sourced materials to make mineral and biological extracts and ferments. For the serious.
Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening, Peter Burke. How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 Days.
Lawns into Meadows, Owen Wormser. Growing a regenerative landscape. Why mow?
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, Michael Judd. Have your yard and eat it too.
Fresh Food from Small Spaces, R.J. Rupenthal. The Square Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Spouting. Great resource for apartment dwellers.
In Search of Mycotopia, Doug Bierend. Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms. A look into the culture of mushroom growers.
Farming While Black, Leah Penniman. Soul Fire farm's practical guide to liberation on the land. A 2020 Best Book Read.
The Whole Okra, Chris Smith. A roving and rich collection of okra history, lore, recipes, advice, etc.
The Seed Underground, Janisse Ray. The importance of sees for our health and food security. A poet writing about seeds.
The Worm Farmer's Handbook, Ronda Sherman. Mid- to large scale vermicomposting for farms, businesses, municipalities, schools, and institutions.
Grassroots Rising, Ronnie Cummins. A call to action, on climate, farming, food and a Green New Deal.
Slow Gardening, Felder Rushing. A no-stress philosophy for all senses and seasons.
Burn, Albert Bates and Kathleen Draper. Innovative thinking and experimentation for turning carbon from nemesis to ally.
Other related titles from different publishers:
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earth Worms by Amy Stewart. A complete review "Upping the Worm Game" is on our companion blog.
Feasting Wild in Search of the Last Tamed Food, by Gina Rae La Cerva. A global culinary adventure to trace our relationship to wild foods.
Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low Waste Living by Lily Cameron.
Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece and Cypress by Yasmin Khan.
Basic Fermentation, A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Cultural Manipulation by Sandor Katz. Katz's books on fermentation are kind of cult-y.
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other, Naomi Klein. Empowering and engaging young readers.
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food from Sustainable to Suicidal, by Mark Bittman.
Travel Books from Paul Dry Publishing
Greece, Turkey, Syria, Crete, and even American Places (like Mount Rushmore and Appomattox). For a review of American Places on our companion blog visit here.
Also from Paul Dry is the Connoisseurs of Worms: Poems (2021) by Deborah Warren. Also reviewed in "Upping the Worm Game" on our companion blog.
Books about Books (that take you to new destinations as well)
Against Amazon and Other Essays by Jorge Carriòn (Reviewed here on our companion blog)
Book Shops by Jorge Carriòn
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
The Book Shopper by Murray Browne
So Many Books by Gabriel Zaid