What do you get when you take a chef with an interest in nutrition and a nutritional therapist with an interest in great food, both of whom have battled their way through cancer?Domini and Patricia ha
Smart metrics, slow thinking, off-label drugs, and a “Moneyball” prescription for fixing modern medicine--by the author of Tripping Over the TruthThe United States is fast becoming the sickest nation
Faith in higher education is the closest thing we have to a global religion, according to the author of Generation Debt. Kamenetz traces the forces that have shaped the traditional American college an
From diets to economic growth, everything these days has to be "sustainable." But the word's currency should not obscure its origins: sustainability is an age-old aspiration, a concept deeply rooted i
With 42 recipes for gumbos and stews, plus okra pickles, tofu, marshmallow, paper, and moreChris Smith’s first encounter with okra was of the worst kind: slimy fried okra at a greasy-spoon diner. Desp
Today's beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of "colony collapse disorder." Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chem
The Resilient Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition.Ben Falk is a land designer and site develop
With detailed recipes for ferments, infusions, spices, and other preparationsWild foods are increasingly popular, as evidenced by the number of new books about identifying plants and foraging ingredie
One intrepid cook’s exploration of her urban terrainIn this groundbreaking collection of nearly 500 wild food recipes, celebrated New York City forager, cook, kitchen gardener, and writer Marie Viljoe
Author Gene Logsdon—whom Wendell Berry once called “the most experienced and best observer of agriculture we have”—has a notion: That it is a little easier for gardeners and farmers to accept death th
An insider's guide to market gardening and farming for those in the business of growing and selling food, flowers, herbs, or plants.Market Farming Success identifies the key areas that usually trip up
With contributions from more than 60 contemporary draft-animal-powered farmers and equipment manufacturersNow is a time of exciting new developments for live animal power. As the numbers of adherents
With information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewingThe runaway craft beer market and ever-expanding local foods movement have recently converged, and the inevitable outc
The evidence is clear: We are in the midst of a worldwide diabetes epidemic. In the United States alone, one in three Americans is either diabetic (29 million patients) or prediabetic (87 million pati
Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs, need no annual tilling or planting, yet thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops thr
More and more entrepreneurs are using food-based businesses to solve social and environmental problems - and yet the majority of them report that a lack of access to capital prevents them from launchi
Nuclear power is not clean, cheap, or safe. With Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the nuclear industry's record of catastrophic failures now averages one major disaster every decade. After
