{"product_id":"letter-to-a-young-farmer-how-to-live-richly-without-wealth-on-the-new-garden-farm-9781603588065","title":"Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly Without Wealth on the New Garden Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than four decades, the self-described \"contrary farmer\" and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture. In \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Young Farmer, \u003c\/em\u003e his final book of essays, Logsdon addresses the next generation--young people who are moving back to the land to enjoy a better way of life as small-scale \"garden farmers.\" It's a lifestyle that isn't defined by accumulating wealth or by the \"get big or get out\" agribusiness mindset. Instead, it's one that recognizes the beauty of nature, cherishes the land, respects our fellow creatures, and values rural traditions. It's one that also looks forward and embraces \"right technologies,\" including new and innovative ways of working smarter, not harder, and avoiding premature burnout.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompleted only a few weeks before the author's death, \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Young\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFarmer\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable testament to the life and wisdom of one of the greatest rural philosophers and writers of our time. Gene's earthy wit and sometimes irreverent humor combines with his valuable perspectives on many wide-ranging subjects--everything from how to show a ram who's boss to enjoying the almost churchlike calmness of a well-built livestock barn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading this book is like sitting down on the porch with a neighbor who has learned the ways of farming through years of long observation and practice. Someone, in short, who has \"seen it all\" and has much to say, and much to teach us, if we only take the time to listen and learn. And Gene Logsdon was the best kind of teacher: equal parts storyteller, idealist, and rabble-rouser. His vision of a nation filled with garden farmers, based in cities, towns, and countrysides, will resonate with many people, both young and old, who long to create a more sustainable, meaningful life for themselves and a better world for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLogsdon, Gene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eOver the course of his long life and career as a writer, farmer, and journalist, Gene Logsdon published more than two dozen books, both practical and philosophical, on all aspects of rural life and affairs. His nonfiction works include \u003cem\u003eGene Everlasting, A Sanctuary of Trees, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLiving at Nature's Pace. \u003c\/em\u003eHe wrote a popular blog, \u003cem\u003eThe Contrary Farmer, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as an award-winning column for the Carey, Ohio, \u003cem\u003eProgressor Times\u003c\/em\u003e. Gene was also a contributor to \u003cem\u003eFarming Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Draft Horse Journal. \u003c\/em\u003eHe lived and farmed in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where he died in 2016, a few weeks after finishing his final book, \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Young Farmer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631315849490,"sku":"9781603588065","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_258e76f7-334a-4d4f-bf41-834a7a36aa42.jpg?v=1732768913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/letter-to-a-young-farmer-how-to-live-richly-without-wealth-on-the-new-garden-farm-9781603588065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}