The Resource Lentil underground : renegade farmers and the future of food in America, Liz Carlisle
Lentil underground : renegade farmers and the future of food in America, Liz Carlisle
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- Summary
- Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness launched a campaign to push small grain farmers to modernize or perish, or as Nixon's secretary of agriculture Earl Butz put it, "get big or get out." But 27-year-old David Oien decided to take a stand when he dropped out of grad school to return to his family's 280-acre farm, becoming the first in his conservative Montana county to plant a radically different crop: organic lentils. A cheap, healthy source of protein and fiber, lentils are drought-tolerant and don't require irrigation. 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 thriving movement 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 hundreds of independent natural food stores and a host of renowned restaurants. From the farm belt of red-state America comes this 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 a narrative that will be welcomed by everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 298 pages
- Contents
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- Fertile ground
- Homecoming
- Against the grain
- Seeds of change
- Miracle plant
- Deeply rooted
- Bootleg research and farmer science
- Timeless grows up
- Have your seeds and eat them too
- 300,000 pounds of lentils
- Caviar in the cattle ration
- Ripe for revolution
- The convert
- The Kevin Bacon of central Montana
- A PhD with a dirty secret
- The gospel of lentils
- The birds, the bees, and the bureaucracy
- From the weeds to the White House
- Harvest
- The moment of truth
- The next generation
- Looking back, looking forward
- Isbn
- 9781592409563
- Label
- Lentil underground : renegade farmers and the future of food in America
- Title
- Lentil underground
- Title remainder
- renegade farmers and the future of food in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Liz Carlisle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness launched a campaign to push small grain farmers to modernize or perish, or as Nixon's secretary of agriculture Earl Butz put it, "get big or get out." But 27-year-old David Oien decided to take a stand when he dropped out of grad school to return to his family's 280-acre farm, becoming the first in his conservative Montana county to plant a radically different crop: organic lentils. A cheap, healthy source of protein and fiber, lentils are drought-tolerant and don't require irrigation. 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 thriving movement 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 hundreds of independent natural food stores and a host of renowned restaurants. From the farm belt of red-state America comes this 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 a narrative that will be welcomed by everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carlisle, Liz
- Dewey number
- 631.5/70973
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- S589.7
- LC item number
- .C37 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Oien, David
- Organic farming
- Lentils
- Agricultural ecology
- Agricultural diversification
- Agricultural development projects
- Farms, Small
- Farm corporations
- Label
- Lentil underground : renegade farmers and the future of food in America, Liz Carlisle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fertile ground -- Homecoming -- Against the grain -- Seeds of change -- Miracle plant -- Deeply rooted -- Bootleg research and farmer science -- Timeless grows up -- Have your seeds and eat them too -- 300,000 pounds of lentils -- Caviar in the cattle ration -- Ripe for revolution -- The convert -- The Kevin Bacon of central Montana -- A PhD with a dirty secret -- The gospel of lentils -- The birds, the bees, and the bureaucracy -- From the weeds to the White House -- Harvest -- The moment of truth -- The next generation -- Looking back, looking forward
- Control code
- ocn914290322
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592409563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)914290322
- Label
- Lentil underground : renegade farmers and the future of food in America, Liz Carlisle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fertile ground -- Homecoming -- Against the grain -- Seeds of change -- Miracle plant -- Deeply rooted -- Bootleg research and farmer science -- Timeless grows up -- Have your seeds and eat them too -- 300,000 pounds of lentils -- Caviar in the cattle ration -- Ripe for revolution -- The convert -- The Kevin Bacon of central Montana -- A PhD with a dirty secret -- The gospel of lentils -- The birds, the bees, and the bureaucracy -- From the weeds to the White House -- Harvest -- The moment of truth -- The next generation -- Looking back, looking forward
- Control code
- ocn914290322
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592409563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)914290322
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