Green Acres! It’s the Place for Me!
Farming/Homesteading (Nonfiction)

Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
Lisa M. Hamilton  338.1 HAM

The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food
Ben Hewitt 338.19 HEW

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Urban Homesteading
Sundari Elizabeth Kraft  363.583 KRA

The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love
Kristin Kimball 630 KIM

The Road to My Farm
Nora Janssen Seton 630 SET

The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It:  The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide
John Seymour  630 SEY

Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land
Kurt Timmermeister  630 TIM

My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big City Backyard Into a Farm: A Cautionary Tale
Manny Howard  630.7471 HOW

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Novella Carpenter   630.91732 CAR

Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
Catherine Friend  630.9776 FRI

Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
Atina Diffley  631.584 DIF

It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of An Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City
for the (Not So) Simple Life
Keith Stewart     631.584 STE

Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn and Fed My Family for a Year
Spring Warren  635 WAR

Pay Dirt: How to Make $10,000 a Year from Your Backyard Garden
John H. Tullock  635.023 TUL

The $64 Tomato
William Alexander  635.09747 ALE

The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers
Lynn Byczynski 635.9 BYC

City Chicks: Keeping Micro-Flocks of Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Creators, Bio-Recyclers, and Local Food Suppliers
Patricia L. Foreman 636.5 FOR

The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
Hannah Nordhaus  638.13 NOR

Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard Farming and Home Skills for Self-Sufficient Living
Deanna Caswell 640 CAS

The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading: An Encyclopedia for Independent Living
Nicole Faires  640 FAI

Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living
Rachel Kaplan  640 KAP

The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency On Any Square Footage
Scott Meyer  640 MEY

Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life
Jenna Woginrich  640 WOG

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle:  A Year of Food Life
Barbara Kingsolver  641 KIN

Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
Alisa Smith  641.563 SMI

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