Tag Archives: farming

Book Review: Wisdom Of The Last Farmer

Posted on December 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

Wisdom Of The Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies From The Land, by David Mas Masumoto This book is no more than half of an interesting conversation that one can find between authors like this one and authors like Victor Davis Hanson … Continue reading →

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Book Review: This Blessed Earth

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

This Blessed Earth: A Year In The Life Of An American Farm, by Ted Genoways It is easy to see how this book could have been a lot better. The main issues with this book relate to the author as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Birth, Death, And A Tractor

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

Birth, Death, And A Tractor: Connecting An Old Farm To A New Family, by Kelly Payson-Roopchand This book is an interesting one not so much for its content itself but rather for what it means in the larger sense of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Llama (Animal Favorites)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by nathanalbright

Llama (Animal Favorites), by Caroline Arnold, with photographs by Richard Hewett As I have mentioned before, there are a lot of books about llamas and differentiating oneself from other books can be a worthy challenge. This particular book is a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cows Save The Planet

Posted on October 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

Cows Save The Planet: And Other Improbable Ways Of Restoring The Soil To Heal The Earth, by Judith D. Schwartz Although there is at least a bit I find fault with when it comes to the point of view of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rider Haggard And The Lost Empire

Posted on August 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

Rider Haggard And The Lost Empire: A Biography, by Tom Pocock This book has a strange elegiac tone about it, in that it is discussing someone who had a great deal of what might conventionally be considered as success but … Continue reading →

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The Space Between A Locovore And A Peasant

Posted on April 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

On the face of it, it would appear that small family farmers of the kind that are unkindly considered to be peasants in many societies and the more privileged locovores who engage in community farming and seek to encourage the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The One-Block Feast

Posted on April 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

The-One Block Feast:  An Adventure In Food From Yard To Table, by Margo True This book was a somewhat alienating read.  There is certainly a market for a book like this, but I’m not it.  That isn’t to say that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Practical Treatise On Olive Culture

Posted on April 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Practical Treatise On Olive Culture, Oil Making, And Olive Picking, by Adolphe Flamant It is a good thing to remember that when one is looking for wisdom and insight about various matters that it is fortunate we still have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Raising Goats For Dummies

Posted on February 21, 2020 by nathanalbright

Raising Goats For Dummies, by Cheryl K. Smith One can learn a lot about the preoccupations of an author by reading their books.  And although one might think that a book in a series like this one would be devoid … Continue reading →

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