It's a long road to a tomato
Subtitle: tales of an organic farmer who quit the big city for the (not so) simple life
By: Keith Stewart ; illustrations by Flavia Bacarella ; foreword by Deborah Madison
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781615190232
Subjects: Organic farming; Anecdotes; Truck farming; Biography; Farmers
Other titles: It is a long road to a tomato
Description: Presents essays on the author's midlife development as a farmer, with tips on organic vegetable growing and selling in an urban market, and insights into the issues surrounding agriculture.
Table of contents: title: A change of life : on becoming a farmer; title: Regarding chickens and their eggs; title: Buy it at the farmer's market; title: An apprentice workforce; title: The unpeaceable kingdom; title: Thursday at the farm; title: Wild weather (August 2000); title: Small farm economics; title: watching the bottom line; title: A garlic affair; title: Barn swallows; title: Organic certification and the United States Department of Agriculture; title: A good knife; title: In praise of herbs; title: Farm dogs; title: Marriage of body and mind; title: It's a long road to a tomato; title: The price of milk (December 2002); title: The hidden cost of farming; title: Winter work; title: Growing potatoes; title: Kuri encounters a porcupine; title: A day at the market; title: Brave new vegetables; title: Putting it back; title: The driveway rabbits; title: Sustainable vs. Organic; title: who loses?; title: Inner sanctum; title: an office with a view; title: A reversal of fortune; title: The unweeded garden; title: Farms on the block; title: The heart of winter (January 2003); title: On the eve of war (February 2003); title: A man and his tractor; title: The high price of milk; title: Working man's mesclun; title: Tiny Tim and his bovine harem; title: Farm politic; title: Kuri; title: circa 1985 to 2003; title: What will happen to the land?; title: Epilogue.