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1. Gene Logsdon

   Author of The Contrary Farmer (Real Goods Independent Living Book), Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions, Homesteading; how to find new independence on the land

2. Jerome D. Belanger

   Author of The Homesteader's Handbook to Raising Small Livestock Goats, Chickens, Sheep. Geese, Rabbits, Hogs, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl, Ducks and Pigeons, Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying, Raising Milk Goats the Modern Way (Garden Way Publishing Classic)

3. Lewis Hill

   Author of Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden, Cold-Climate Gardening: How to Extend Your Growing Season by at Least 30 Days

4. Andy Lee

   Author of Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, Day Range Poultry: Every Chicken Owner's Guide to Grazing Gardens and Improving Pastures

5. Joel Salatin

   Author of You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise, Pastured Poultry Profits, Salad Bar Beef

6. Art Ludwig

   Author of Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use--Includes How to Make Ferrocement Water Tanks, The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems - Includes Branched Drains

7. Carol Ekarius

   Author of How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More, Small Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit

8. John E. Ball

   Author of Carpenters and Builders Library No. 1 : Tools, Steel Square, Joinery (Audel), Audel Carpenters and Builders Library No 2 : Builders Math, Plans, Specifications, Audel Carpenters and Builders Library No 3 : Layouts, Foundations, Framing

9. Reader's Digest

   Author of Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills, Reader's Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual, Reader's Digest Fix-It-Yourself Manual

10. David Wescott

    Author of Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills, Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skill - From the Society of Primitive Technology

11. Alex Wade

    Author of 30 Energy-Efficient Houses...You Can Build

12. Jim Hamm

    Author of The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1, Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans

13. Maurice G. Kains

    Author of Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management

14. Virginia McConnell Simmons

    Author of The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico

15. Foxfire Fund

    Author of The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wago, Foxfire 4 (Foxfire)

16. Gail Damerow

    Author of Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows, The Chicken Health Handbook

17. Jack Weatherford

    Author of Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America

18. B. Allan Mackie

    Author of The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment

19. Karl Schwenke

    Author of Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach (Down-To-Earth Book), Build Your Own Stone House: Using the Easy Slipform Method (Down-To-Earth Building Book)

20. C. E. Spaulding

    Author of Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners