Chelsea Green (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Farmer and author Gene Logsdon, the original contrary farmer, talks about growing up during the Great Depression, agricultural lessons we should learn from the Mayans, moonshine whiskey, and more in this hour-long radio interview with Tim Bates of KZYX in California. From TheContraryFarmer.WordPress.com: Today, November 23, 2009, Gene was interviewed on our local public radio station,...
Chelsea Green (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and is one of the clearest and most original voices of rural America. In fact, Wendell Berry calls him “the most experienced and best observer of agriculture we have.” And according to Logsdon, it just may be that farming isn’t supposed to be about money. From his blog, The [...]
powering down (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
From Gene Logsdon, If you have some land, even an acre, you have the means for making at least part of your income and in the process gain a more secure life. Surely that is what it means to “have a job.” Our society hasn’t endorsed that notion yet, but I think that we are evolving toward that kind of economy. We are only beginning to recognize how many income possibilities...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Gene Logsdon brings up "Mississippi John Hurt’s remark that all music was about human sexual relationships" — Sexual Attitudes In Agrarian Life . "John Hurt was an early country blues singer and a real farmer whose music is now enjoying a resurgence among country music purists," explains parenthetically Mr. Logsdon. Here's a song by Mississippi John...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... is like a breath of fresh air. It features essays by leading writers, including Wendell Berry and Gene Logsdon. This features writers from every field and discipline from farmers and environmentalists to scientists. Each section of the book addresses a particular topic. The first part focuses on the principles and priorities of agrarianism. The final section points the way forward,...
Cognitive Edge (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... then relaying the top soil. After that trauma I never went back into the garden (Picture credit to Gene Logsdon ) Sorry, I am rambling, now back to those recipe books. When I went to University I had to start cooking, and then living in a commune for three years I had to take my turn in the kitchen. For the first 15 years of my marriage I did the cooking. When I started I used recipe...
powering down (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Recently Gene Logsdon posted a great bit about how anyone with land should not be without a source of at least a little income. If you have some land, even an acre, you have the means for making at least part of your income and in the process gain a more secure life. Surely that is what it means to “have a job.” Our society hasn’t endorsed that notion yet, but I think...
