{"product_id":"9780930031749","title":"The Contrary Farmer","description":"\u003cp\u003eGene 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022886912240,"sku":"9780930031749","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780930031749_p0.jpg?v=1769912788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780930031749","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}