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Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Exporting Alberta Award Gold Medal for the Green Living category in the Living Now Book Awards Finalist for the High Plains Book Award for creative nonfiction "This is not the story of a ready-made farm, complete with generations of history, carefully tended tools and sturdy clapboard farmhouse." In 2006 Jenna Butler and her partner, Thomas, purchased "160 acres more or less" of rough northern bush. They knew they weren't purchasing anything more than hard work and hope but still they headed up every weekend to clear a spot in those woods where they could plant their first crops. With the warm wit of Barbara Kingsolver and the stark beauty of Sharon Butala's writings on the prairie, Jenna Butler shares her journey with us. From beating a hasty retreat from the first overwhelming swarm of mosquitoes, to discussing worm poop with local farmers and becoming forever more the crazy hippie teachers, the stories of Larch Farm spill out of these pages. A Profession of Hope: Farming on the edge of the Grizzly Trail is a beguiling read, as rich and promising as freshly turned earth. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)630.971231Technology Agriculture & related technologies Agriculture Biography; History By Place North America CanadaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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