Lentil Underground

Lentil Underground
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 186
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780698186330
ISBN-13 : 0698186338
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lentil Underground by : Liz Carlisle

Download or read book Lentil Underground written by Liz Carlisle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A protégé of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement. The story of the Lentil Underground begins on a 280-acre homestead rooted in America’s Great Plains: the Oien family farm. Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness told small farmers like the Oiens to “get big or get out.” But twenty-seven-year-old David Oien decided to take a stand, becoming the first in his conservative Montana county to plant a radically different crop: organic lentils. Unlike the chemically dependent grains American farmers had been told to grow, lentils make their own fertilizer and tolerate variable climate conditions, so their farmers aren’t beholden to industrial methods. Today, Oien leads an underground network of organic farmers who work with heirloom seeds and biologically diverse farm systems. Under the brand Timeless Natural Food, their unique business-cum-movement has grown into a million dollar enterprise that sells to Whole Foods, hundreds of independent natural foods stores, and a host of renowned restaurants. From the heart of Big Sky Country comes this inspiring story of a handful of colorful pioneers who have successfully bucked the chemically-based food chain and the entrenched power of agribusiness’s one percent, by stubbornly banding together. Journalist and native Montanan Liz Carlisle weaves an eye-opening and richly reported narrative that will be welcomed by everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world.


Lentil Underground Related Books

Lentil Underground
Language: en
Pages: 186
Authors: Liz Carlisle
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-22 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A protégé of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable f
Lentil Underground
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Liz Carlisle
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-23 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A protégé of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable f
Lentil Underground
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Liz Carlisle
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-23 - Publisher: Avery

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"With a new foreword by Frederick L. Kirschenmann..."
Grain by Grain
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Bob Quinn
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-05 - Publisher: Island Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." - Kirkus Reviews When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave
Healing Grounds
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Liz Carlisle
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-10 - Publisher: Island Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Today, a new generation of farmers are working to heal both the land and agriculture's legacy of racism. In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of I