Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth (28 page)

Chapter 2. Garden Maps

Morrow, Rosemary.
Earth Users Guide to Permaculture
, 2nd ed., Australia: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Distributed by Chelsea Green in the US.

Smyser, Carol A.
Nature’s Design
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1982. Helpful map-making information.

Chapter 3. Crop Choices

Bountiful Gardens, 1712-D S. Main St., Willits, CA 95490.
bountifulgardens.org
. Besides seeds, Bountiful Gardens is a source for Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable Mini-Farming publications.

Deppe, Carol.
The Resilient Gardener
. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2012.

Jeavons, John.
How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine
, 8th ed. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2012.

Seymour, John.
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener
. New York: DK Publishing, 2008.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, P.O. Box 460, Mineral, VA 23117.
southernexposure.com
.

Wallace, Ira.
The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast
. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2013.

Weston A. Price Foundation.
westonaprice.org
.

Chapter 4. How Much to Grow

Allen, John.
Bioshphere 2: The Human Experiment
. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.

GrainMaker Mill. Bitterroot Tool & Machine, P.O. Box 130, Stevensville, MT 59870. Toll free (855) 777-7096.
grainmaker.com
.

Conner, Cindy. “A Plan for Food Self-Sufficiency,”
Mother Earth News
, October/November 2012, p. 32.
motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/food-self-sufficiency-zm0z12onzkon.aspx#axzz2cRq4yzlf
.

Conner. “Filberts In My Garden.”
homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/hazelnuts-filberts-in-my-garden/
.

Conner. “Homegrown Fridays,” “Homegrown Fridays 2012,” and “Homegrown Fridays 2013.”
homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/category/homegrown-fridays/
.

Conner. “Using a Piteba Oil Press.”
homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/using-a-piteba-oil-press/
.

Jeavons.
How to Grow More Vegetables.
Master Charts in Chapter 8.

Silverstone, Sally.
Eating In: From the Field to the Kitchen in Biosphere 2
. Oracle, AZ: The Biosphere Press, 1993.

Tucker, Sherry Leverich. “Making Sorghum,” Mother Earth News (blog).
goo.gl/g3JXw
.

Chapter 5. Cover Crops and Compost — Planning for Sustainability

Dawling, Pam.
Sustainable Market Farming.
Canada: New Society, 2013.

Jenkins, Joseph.
The Humanure Handbook
, 3rd. ed. PA: Jenkins Publishing, 2005. To order call toll free (814)786-9085 or order online at humanure
handbook.com
. This website is full of information, including videos.

Schonbeck, Mark. “Cover Cropping: On-farm, Solar-powered Soil Building,” Virginia Association for Biological Farming Information Sheet, Number 1-06, 5/16/06.
sare.org/Learning-Center/Project-Products/Southern-SARE-Project-Products/Cover-Cropping-On-Farm-Solar-Powered-Soil-Building
.

Sustainable Agriculture Network.
Managing Cover Crops Profitably
, 3rd ed. 2007. To order copies call (301)779-1007, email
[email protected]
, or order online at
sare.org
.

Chapter 6. Companion Planting

Benson, Brinkley, Dr. Richard McDonald, Dr. Ronald Morse,
Farmscaping Techniques for Managing Insect Pests
.
drmcbug.com/EPM/EPM3/Farmscaping%20FinalVT.doc
.

Cunningham, Sally Jean.
Great Garden Companions
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1998.

Dufour, Rex.
Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
. 2000.
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=145
.

Riotte, Louise.
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
, 2nd ed. Storey Publishing, 1998.

Symbiont Biological Pest Management Company, Dr. Richard McDonald.
drmcbug.com
.

Yepsen, Roger B. Jr., ed.
Organic Plant Protection.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1976.

Chapter 7. Plan for Food When You Want It

Climate information for your region including interactive plant, tree, and gardening maps and data for the U.S., Canada, and UK.
plantmaps.com
.

Chapter 8. Rotations and Sample Garden Maps

Coleman, Eliot.
The New Organic Grower
, 2nd ed. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 1996. An 8-year crop rotation is explained in Chapter 7 — Crop Rotation.

Dawling.
Sustainable Market Farming
. A 10-year Crop Rotation Pinwheel is explained in Chapter 4 — Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops.

Katz, Sandor,
Wild Fermentation.
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2003.

Rodale, J. I., ed.
How to Grow Vegetables & Fruits by the Organic Method
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1961.

Seymour,
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener
. A 4-year crop rotation is explained in Chapter 3 — Planning the Food-Producing Garden.

Chapter 9. Seeds

Ashworth, Suzanne.
Seed to Seed
, 2nd ed. Decorah, IA: Seed Savers Exchange, 2002.

Dawling.
Sustainable Market Farming.
Chapter 56 — Seed Growing, and Chapter 57 — The Business of Seed Crops.

Jeff McCormack is the founder and previous owner of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Garden Medicinals and Culinaries, co-founder of Virginia Plant Savers, and founder and owner of McCormack’s Botanicals, and JHM Designs. He is also the lead author of
Bush Medicine of the Bahamas.

Navazio, John.
The Organic Seed Grower.
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2012.

Saving Our Seeds is a venue for raising awareness of our threatened genetic resources, and a resource for providing information and knowledge tools for seed saving and seed conservation.
savingourseeds.org
.

Seed Companies I’ve found helpful. All sell cover crop seeds and all have signed the Safe Seed Pledge:

Bountiful Gardens, 1712-D S. Main St., Willits, CA 95490-4411. (707) 459-6410.
bountifulgardens.org
. Heirloom and open-pollinated seeds for sustainable growing.

Fedco Seeds, P.O. Box 520, Waterville, ME 04903-0520. fedcoseeds. com. Fedco is a cooperative with a very informative catalog. Call (207) 426-0090 to request a catalog. No phone orders.

High Mowing Seeds, 76 Quarry Rd, Wolcott, VT 05680. (802) 472-6174.
highmowingseeds.com
. Offers only 100% certified organic seeds.

Johnny’s Selected Seeds, P.O. Box 299, Waterville, ME 04903. Toll free (877) 564-6697.
johnnyseeds.com
. An employee-owned company. Catalog contains equipment for market growers.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, P.O. Box 460, Mineral, VA 23117. (540) 894-9480.
southernexposure.com
. A worker-run cooperative. Catalog carries almost all open-pollinated seeds and seed saving supplies.

Sow True Seed, 146 Church St., Asheville, NC 28801. (828) 254-0708.
sowtrueseed.com
. Specializing in heirloom, certified organic, and traditional Southern Appalachia varieties.

Territorial Seed Company, 20 Palmer Ave, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Toll free (800) 626-0866.
territorialseed.com
. Publishes a winter catalog in July. Season extension supplies.

Chapter 10. Including Animals

Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) tables
iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/SummaryDRIs/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/Nutrition/DRIs/5_Summary%20Table%20Tables%201-4.pdf
.

Fallon, Sally.
Nourishing Traditions
, rev. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: New-Trends Publishing, 2001.

Kirschmann, John D. and Nutrition Search, Inc.
Nutrition Almanac
, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Lee, Andy and Patricia Foreman.
Chicken Tractor
, 3rd ed. Good Earth Publications, 2011.

Long, Cheryl and Tabitha Alterman. “Meet Real Free-Range Eggs.”
Mother Earth News
, October/November 2007.
motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-10-01/Tests-Reveal-Healthier-Eggs.aspx#axzz2PR1jMRh7
.

National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 25
.
ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list
.

Olkowski, Helga, Bill Olkowski, Tom Javits and the Farallones Institute Staff.
The Integral Urban House
. Canada: New Catalyst Books. This book was first published in 1979 by the Farallones Institute and republished in 2008 by New Catalyst Books.

Pennington, Jean A. T. and Judith Spungen.
Bowes & Church’s Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
, 19th ed. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.

Salatin, Joel.
Pastured Poultry Profits
. Swoope, VA: Polyface Inc., 1996.

Ussery, Harvey.
The Small-Scale Poultry Flock
. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2011.

Weems, David B.
Raising Goats: The Backyard Dairy Alternative
. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1983.

eatwild.com
. Information on the benefits of raising animals on pasture and a link to local farms selling grassfed products.

Chapter 11. Food Storage and Preservation

Bubel, Nancy and Mike.
Root Cellaring
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1979. This book was republished in 1991 by Storey Publishing.

Fallon.
Nourishing Traditions
, rev. 2nd ed. This book gives directions for making fermented vegetables by the jar.

Georgia Cooperative Extension Service.
So Easy to Preserve
, 5th ed. Website link to order:
setp.uga.edu
. As of August 2013, this 375 page book was $18, including shipping. For more information call (706) 542-2657 or write Office of Communications, 117 Hoke Smith Annex, Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1456.

Lehman’s. This business has supplies and equipment for living with less electricity, including European style crocks (with water trough). Visit their store On the Square in Kidron, Ohio. P.O. Box 270, Kidron, OH 44636. Toll free (888) 438-5346.
lehmans.com
.

Kaufmann, Klaus and Annelies Schöneck.
Making Sauerkraut and Pickled Vegetables at Home.
Canada: Alive Books, 2002.

Katz.
Wild Fermentation
. Also by Katz is
The Art of Fermentation
, Chelsea Green, 2012. More information at
wildfermentation.com
.

Mother Earth News Fairs are held at Puyallup, Washington in June, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania in September, and Lawrence, Kansas in October. Find out more at
motherearthnews.com/fair
.

National Center for Home Food Preservation website:
nchfp.uga.edu/
.

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning.
Download link:
nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html
. Print version: 196 pages. As of August 2013 the price was $18 plus shipping. Order at
https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?item_number=AIG-539
or call toll free (888)-398-4636.

Stoner, Carol and the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming.
Stocking Up
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1973. There have been some newer editions published.

Yepsen, Roger B. Jr., ed.
Home Food Systems.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1981.

Dehydrators — Electric and Solar

Excaliber electric dehydrators. 3355 Enterprise Ave., Suite 160, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33331. Toll free (800) 875-4254.
excaliburdehydrator.com
.

Scanlin, Dennis, Marcus Renner, David Domermuth, and Heath Moody. “Improving Solar Food Dryers”.
Home Power
#69 (February/March 1999).
wot.utwente.nl/nl/wp-content/uploads/improving-solar-food-dryers.pdf
.

Scanlin, Dennis. “Indirect, Through-Pass, Solar Food Dryer.”
Home Power
#57 (February/March 1997)
homepower.com/view/?file=HP57_pg62_Scanlin
.

Fodor, Eben.
The Solar Food Dryer
. Canada: New Society, 2006.

Homeplace Earth blog posts about solar food dryers:
homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/category/food-preservation/solar-food-dryers
.

Grain Mills

My first mill was a Corona King Convertible with a tall hopper and both stone and steel grinding plates. I found I mostly used the steel plates. The Corona Grain Mill is listed in many home brewing catalogs.