{"product_id":"the-contrary-farmer-9780930031749","title":"The Contrary Farmer","description":"Gene Logsdon has become something of a rabble-rouser in progressive farm circles, stirring up debates and controversies with his popular New Farm Magazine column, The Contrary Farmer. One of Logsdon's principle contrarieties is the opinion that--popular images of the vanishing American farmer, notwithstanding--greater numbers of people in the U.S. will soon be growing and raising a greater share of their own food than at any time since the last century. Instead of vanishing, more and more farmers will be cottage farming, part-time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis detailed and personal account of how Logsdon's family uses the art and science of agriculture to achieve a reasonably happy and ecologically sane way of life in an example for all who seek a sustainable lifestyle. In \u003ci\u003eThe Contrary Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e, Logsdon offers the tried-and-true, practical advice of a manual for the cottage farmer, as well as the subtler delights of a meditation in praise of work and pleasure. \u003ci\u003eThe Contrary Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e will give its readers tools and tenets, but also hilarious commentaries and beautiful evocations of the Ohio countryside that Logsdon knows as his place in the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Green Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780930031749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.01w x 0.65d","brand":"Gene Logsdon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085503721653,"sku":"9780930031749","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ca0a6029-5030-426f-8a0b-3189e3f7fd44.jpg?v=1765294365","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-contrary-farmer-9780930031749","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}