Farming | Farming
Jun.27.2011
The Appalachian Heritage, at Berea College, publishes works of writers primarily from Appalachian region. The literary review, which publishes poetry, short stories, and essays, once dealt mostly with the past. Now, however, I read on their site that they are looking for ground-breaking poems...
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Feb.04.2011
A man's eyes are the windows to his soul...if he has one.
Deep in the darkness of a Depression-era night, a man addicted to alcohol sells something precious to obtain it. His vile action impacts the lives of two entire families, and it will be over two decades before the horrible wrong begins to...
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Feb.05.2010
From the seat of a tractor to the seat of a car driven in search of a peach stand, the poems gathered here deal with dirt, toil, memory, history, and bliss. Horne carefully selected and sequenced the more than 100 poems in this collection within a thematic structure, and is clearly blown away by...
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Aug.13.2009
Leading animal rights activist Gene Baur examines the real cost of the meat on our plates - for both humans and animals alike - in this provocative and thorough examination of the modern farm industry.
Many people picture cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens as friendly creatures who live happily within...
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Mar.19.2009
In The Perfect Fruit, Chip Brantley tells the creation myth behind the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid. The book is part biography, part cultural history, and part horticultural inquest.
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Apr.20.2008
Gerald and Sue Glasco wanted to farm and rear their children in the country. Leaving a farm management job at Columbiana Ranch near Eldred, Illinois, they bought a 75-acre farm in partnership with Gerald's brother Keith and wife Barbara in Southern Illinois and rented another. Their big old farm...
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Feb.04.2008
Introduction
This book owes its beginning to three unique individuals and experiences that influenced me in the early 1990s—Gary Holleman and a computer; Roger Clapp and a lamb; and my niece Abby and a strawberry. The first of these was a chance meeting at an American Culinary Federation...
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