{"product_id":"the-new-farmers-almanac-volume-vi-9780986320545","title":"The New Farmers Almanac Volume VI","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe newest volume of the eclectic biannual anthology from Greenhorns, a grassroots network for recruiting, promoting, and supporting new American farmers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Farmer''s Almanac Volume VI: Adjustments and Accommodations\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to recognize our own collective agency in the face of sizable uncertainties. The morphing climate, ongoing culture of land dispossession, continuing global pandemic, shifting and intensifying weather patterns, and migrations of all speciesspurned by political and environmental upheavalare considered within. There is adaptability in each bloom of algae; tiny particles of inspiration can enliven lives and farm systems; the natural currents and connected sentience of the living earth moves genetic material. Dynamic flux and rapid change remain possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe power of the forcesthe river, the windare summoned and given thanks, like our ancestors did. Here, we tune to the potential of the commons. Contributors from around the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you are not yet addicted to the \u003cem\u003eNew Farmer's Almanacs\u003c\/em\u003e, this edition will do it. Reading it from a deep familiarity with Maine and New Mexico, I learned and enjoyed alot about those places, among many others. A marvelous collection of poetry, essays, and images, it will inspire the agricultural and ecological activism for which the Greenhorns are known.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Lucy Lippard, author of \u003cem\u003eUndermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eArt in the Changing West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe New Farmers Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e offers a much-needed pulse on the reflections and ruminations of land-based people and projects—our challenges, joys, sorrows, and hopes. I always look forward to the \u003cem\u003eAlmanac\u003c\/em\u003e's yearly compilation of art, poetry, and essays from voices old and new. It is heartening to know that there are so many engaged in good, thoughtful, and creative work in the world.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Tao Orion, author of \u003cem\u003eBeyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love the Greenhorns and their \u003cem\u003eNew Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003eAlmanac\u003c\/em\u003e is a perennial source of inspiration, featuring diverse perspectives and very eclectic information. I recommend it for anyone involved in or aspiring to agrarian adventures or ecological action.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eSandor Ellix Katz, Fermentation Revivalist and New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Fermentation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWild Fermentation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSandor Katz's Fermentation Journeys\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe New Farmer’s Almanac \u003c\/em\u003eis a revolutionary compendium of the newest and most thoughtful thinking about land and food. Published biennially, this series is essential reading and reference for anyone who shares the idea that food production is due for a shift in power — away from agribusiness and back into the hands of farmers. It is also fascinating lampside reading for anyone who loves poetic literature about the land.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Megan Prelinger, Co-founder of the Prelinger Library and author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe New Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e points the way forward by contextualizing the past, celebrating resilience and upholding imagination as a powerful force.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Maine Organic Farmers \u0026amp; Gardeners Association\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the greatest difference between \u003cem\u003eThe New Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e and its predecessors is in its multiplicity. Instead of having one voice dictate the forecast for the year, \u003cem\u003eThe New Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e grows organically from the voices of the farmers that contribute to it.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Bangor Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Greenhorns’ \u003cem\u003eAlmanac\u003c\/em\u003e is a glorious gallimaufry of assembled wisdom and agrarian rejoicing. It harkens back to an era of hand-powered platen presses, handwritten letters, and good conversation. A welcome addition to any farmer's or gardener's mantle, or attractively splayed in a beam of sunlight on a summer porch.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Patrick Kiley, Publication Studio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Greenhorns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371798110551,"sku":"9780986320545","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780986320545.jpg?v=1730154606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-farmers-almanac-volume-vi-9780986320545","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}