last chance book theme WRITING!

February 20, 2011 by W 1 Comment

Below the themes still sought for the Storey publishing book project.  An anthology of Greenhorns essays. READ THIS LINK FOR ESSAY GUIDANCE. Drop Dead deadline March 12th.

questions? farmer@thegreenhorns.net/ pmanalo@gmail.com

 

biodynamics

living in a trailer

crop mob

farmers markets, comporting yourself for maximum sales

wholesale, not getting fleeced by the fancy chefs

construction skills

welding for women

taking dorky business classes/grown up decisions

christianity+ farming

branding, logo, tweeters

Slaughterhouse woes

kinship

living in a small town for the first time/country manners

old timers with mashines save the day

intergenerational transfer

wolves/bears/predation

grains

denied credit, eligible for credit

Getting money from uncle sam

Farm-based business

Using excel.quicken, bookkeeping

Salvage and scavenge

Local Politics

Non-profiteering

INter-generational transfer

tools, marvelous tools

dumpsters, marvelous dumpsters

Farming is political. Farming is democracy.

dating for dairy-girls

family support

free choice CSA+ other adventures

I have a back-ache/ overcoming back-ache

farm shock, aculturating to the culture of agriculture

institutions ( farm bureau, grange, farmers union)- theory and practice

punk farming- theory and practice-

this food is not for sale- choosing self sufficiency over commerical farming

Economies of scale– for reals. Bigger for a reason.

Collaboration makes it happen

Land trusts/vista fetish/stand in line for easements/salvation in paperwork

on living a low status lifestyle

BIG beef/poultry contract farmers suck and get all the subsidized credit to build factories

bikes on farms

westward migration. Yankee learns to farm in Cali

landlord is awesome, landlord is drag

holistic management changed my life

heritage breeds . yes yes yes

DROP DEAD DEADLINE MARCH 12th MIDNIGHT