num_pages: 335
description: An intimate look at the life and livelihood of a modern-day farmer as told by a former urbanite. A bona-fide city dweller Kurt Timmermeister never intended to run his own dairy farm. When he purchased four acres of land on Vashon Island he was looking for an affordable home a ferry ride away from the restaurants he ran in Seattle. But as he continued to serve his customers frozen chicken breasts and packaged pork he became aware of the connection between what he ate and where it came from: a hive of bees provided honey; a young cow could give fresh milk; an apple orchard allowed him to make vinegar. Told in Timmermeister's plainspoken voice Growing a Farmer details with honesty the initial stumbles and subsequent realities he had to face in his quest to establish a profitable farm for himself. Personal yet practical Growing a Farmer includes the specifics of making cheese raising cows and slaughtering pigs and it will recast entirely the way we think about our relationship to the food we consume.
language: English
title: Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company