Chelsea Green Publishing: 239 books
The Apple Grower
Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2005
For decades fruit growers have sprayed their trees with toxic chemicals in an attempt to control a range of insect and fungal pests. Yet it is possible to grow apples responsibly, by applying the intuitive knowledge of our great-grandparents with the fruits of modern scientific research and innovation.
Since...
Holy Shit
Managing Manure to Save Mankind
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
In his insightful new book, Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure-our greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manure-worth billions...
Gaviotas
A Village to Reinvent the World, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
Los Llanos—the rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia—are among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, in the late 1960s, a young Colombian development worker named Paolo Lugari wondered if...
The LDN Book
How a Little-Known Generic Drug — Low Dose Naltrexone — Could Revolutionize Treatment for Autoimmune Diseases, Cancer, Autism, Depression, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) holds the potential to help millions of people suffering from various autoimmune diseases and cancers, and even autism, chronic fatigue, and depression, find relief. Administered off-label in small daily doses (0.5 to 4.5 mg), this generic drug is extremely affordable and...
Chasing Chiles
Hot Spots along the Pepper Trail
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Chasing Chiles looks at both the future of place-based foods and the effects of climate change on agriculture through the lens of the chile pepper-from the farmers who cultivate this iconic crop to the cuisines and cultural traditions in which peppers play a huge role.
Why chile peppers? Both...
The New Horse-Powered Farm
Tools and Systems for the Small-Scale, Sustainable Market Grower
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In an era when fuel is a primary concern, draft horses are seen by many as the solution to small-scale, resilient farming with a closed-loop system. Horses bring farmers back to the roots of what it means to work the land and present a viable model for a small farm that lasts, while offering enjoyment...
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The book that inspired the movie Collapse.
The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global economy, and our entire way of life.
In Confronting Collapse, author Michael...
Growing, Older
A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
Michael Pollan calls her one of his food heroes. Barbara Kingsolver credits her with shaping the history and politics of food in the United States. And countless others who have vied for a food revolution, pushed organics, and reawakened Americans to growing their own food and eating locally consider...
The Nourishing Homestead
One Back-to-the-Land Family’s Plan for Cultivating Soil, Skills, and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
A practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live the good life
The Nourishing Homestead tells the story of how we can create truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land, nature, and one another.
The Hewitts offer practical ways to grow...
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution
Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the “rules” that govern campaign strategy.
It tells the story of a breakthrough experiment conducted...
by Thomas Greco, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Like the proverbial fish who doesn’t know what water is, we swim in an economy built on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, what we don’t know is hurting us.
Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over the past three centuries, or—as...
The Lean Farm
How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation
To many people today, using the words “factory” and “farm” in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or...
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff - and Making a Profit
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. What’s required is farming smarter, not harder.
In The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook, Richard Wiswall shares advice on how to make your vegetable production more efficient, better manage your employees and finances,...
Farms with a Future
Creating and Growing a Sustainable Farm Business
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
What makes a farm sustainable and successful? And what special qualities and skills are needed for someone to become a successful farmer?
Rebecca Thistlethwaite addresses these and other crucial questions in this uniquely important book, which is a must-read for anyone who aspires to get into...