An edition of Folks, This Ain't Normal (2011)

Folks, This Ain't Normal

a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world

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An edition of Folks, This Ain't Normal (2011)

Folks, This Ain't Normal

a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world

  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 14 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In Folks, This Ain't Normal, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact. Salatin, hailed by the New York Times as "Virginia's most multifaceted agrarian since Thomas Jefferson [and] the high priest of the pasture" and profiled in the Academy Award nominated documentary Food, Inc. and the bestselling book The Omnivore's Dilemma, understands what food should be: Wholesome, seasonal, raised naturally, procured locally, prepared lovingly, and eaten with a profound reverence for the circle of life. And his message doesn't stop there. From child-rearing, to creating quality family time, to respecting the environment, Salatin writes with a wicked sense of humor and true storyteller's knack for the revealing anecdote. Salatin's crucial message and distinctive voice-practical, provocative, scientific, and down-home philosophical in equal measure-make Folks, This Ain't Normal a must-read book. - Publisher.

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Center Street
Language
English
Pages
378

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Table of Contents

Foreword / Allan Nation
Children, chores, humility, and health
A cat is a cow is a chicken is my aunt
Hog killin's and laying in the larder
Wrappings, trappings, and foil
Lawn farms and kitchen chickens
Dino-the-Dinosaur-shaped nuggets don't grow on chickens
We only serve white meat here
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate : yum!
No compost, no digestion
The poop, the whole poop, and nothing but the poop
Park, plant, and power
Roofless underground dream houses
Grasping for water
Mob stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilization
Let's make a despicable farm
Scientific mythology : centaurs and mermaids now in supermarkets
You get what you pay for
Get your grubby hands
Sterile poop and other unsavory cultural objectives
I hereby release you from being responsible for me
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you : right
The church of industrial food's unholy food inquisition

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Published in
New York, USA

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Library of Congress
TX369 .S25 2011, GE196

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 361 p.
Number of pages
378
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25126635M
Internet Archive
folksthisaintnor0000sala
ISBN 10
0892968192
ISBN 13
9780892968190
LCCN
2011928347

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