Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land by Kurt Timmermeister, 0393341291

Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land by Kurt Timmermeister
Print Length: 336 Pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393341291
ISBN-13: 978-0393341294
File Format: EPUB
“Charming . . . . [Kurt Timmermeister] narrates his personal journey with an open, straightforward spirit.” ?Wall Street Journal

When he purchased four acres of land on Vashon Island, Kurt Timmermeister was only looking for an affordable home near the restaurants he ran in Seattle. But as he slowly settled into his new property, he became awakened to the connection between what he ate and where it came from: a hive of bees provided honey, a young cow could give fresh milk, an apple orchard allowed him to make vinegar. With refreshing honesty, Timmermeister details the initial stumbles and subsequent realities he faced as he established a profitable farm for himself. Personal yet practical, Growing a Farmer will entirely recast the way we think about our relationship to the food we consume.