[Scpg] Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon Available Now!

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Bound books for Small-Scale Grain Raising are available now!

More and more Americans are seeking out locally grown foods, yet a 
large stumbling block to their efforts has been finding local sources 
for grains, which are grown mainly on large, distant, corporate 
farms. At the same time, commodity prices for grains-and the products 
made from them-have skyrocketed due to rising energy costs and 
increased demand. Small-Scale Grain Raising, first published in 
1977-from one of America's most famous and prolific agricultural 
writers-is now fully updated and available once more, offering an 
entirely new generation of readers the best introduction to a wide 
range of both common and lesser-known specialty grains and related 
field crops.

 From corn, wheat, and rye to buckwheat, millet, rice, spelt, flax, 
and even beans and sunflowers, Gene Logsdon proves that anyone who 
has access to a large garden or small farm can (and should) think 
outside the agribusiness box and learn to grow healthy whole grains 
or beans alongside their fruits and vegetables.

Starting from the simple but revolutionary concept of the garden 
"pancake patch," Logsdon opens up our eyes to a whole world of plants 
that we wrongly assume small-scale farmers and gardeners can't grow. 
He covers all the basics, from planting and dealing with pests, 
weeds, and diseases to harvesting, processing, storing, and using 
whole grains.

Never has there been a better time, or a more receptive audience, for 
this book. Localvores, serious home gardeners, CSA farmers, and 
whole-foods advocates-in fact, all people who value fresh, 
high-quality foods-will find a field full of information and ideas in 
this once and future classic.

For a review copy, excerpt, or author interview, please email or call.

"Gene Logsdon could just say, 'I told you so.' Instead, he has 
revitalized Small-Scale Grain Raising with bushels of new 
information, thirty additional years of insight, and the welcome 
leavening of his wonderful and cranky (with a wink and a nod) voice. 
He makes sowing sexy, and shifts the food revolution from his back 40 
to your back yard."
-Michael Perry, author of COOP: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting

Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He is one of the clearest 
and most original voices of rural America. He has published more than 
two dozen books; his Chelsea Green books include Small-Scale Grain 
Raising (Second Edition), Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary 
Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary 
Farmer. He writes a popular blog at OrganicToBe.org, is a regular 
contributor to Farming magazine and The Draft Horse Journal, and 
writes an award-winning weekly column in the Carey, Ohio Progressor 
Times.

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