Reading List

Our journey towards a simple and more self-reliant lifestyle has been influenced heavily by the following books, publications, documentaries, etc.  These are all books I have read/videos I have watched in the last 2-3 years.  I know there are many more that I've read, but these are the ones I have recorded in my worn leather "hippie" journal.

Housekeeping/Green Cleaning:

• "Green Housekeeping" by Ellen Sandbeck
• "Easy Green Living" by Rene Loux
• "Clean House, Clean Planet"  by Karen Logan
• "Better Basics for the Home" by Annie Berthold-Bond

"Green" Living

• "The Organic Lawn Care Manual" by Paul Tukey
• "A Slice of the Organic Life" by Sheherazade Goldsmith
• "No Impact Man" by Colin Beavan  (also a documentary by this name)
• "Serve God, Save the Planet" by J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D.
• "Green Barbarians" by Ellen Sandbeck
• "Plenty" by Alisa Smith and J.B Mackinnon
• "Green Kids, Sage Families"  by Lynda Fassa
• "Do It Gorgeously" by Sophie Uliano
• "Making It" by Kelly Coyne and Erik Krutzen
• "Folks, this ain't normal" by Joel Salatin

Food

• "What to Eat"  by Marion Nestle
• "The Green Kitchen Handbook" by Annie Berthold-Bond
• "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver
• "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
• "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan
• "Real Food" by Nina Planck
• "Eating for Beginners" by Melanie Rehak
• "Locavore Kitchen" by Marilou k. Suszko
• "The Feast Nearby" by Robin Mather
• "Diet for a Poisoned Planet"  by David Steinman
• "Home Dairy" by Ashley English

Farming/Homesteading/Animals

• "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" by Carla Emery
• "The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals" by Laura Childs
• "Keeping Chickens" by Jeremy Hobson and Celia Lewis
• "Barnyard in Your Backyard" by Gail Damerow
• "A Time to Plant"  by Kyle T. Kramer
• "Chicken Tractor" by Andy Lee
• "Homesteading in the 21th Century"  by George Nash
• "Pastured Poultry Profits"  by Joel Salatin
• "You Can Farm!"  by Joel Salatin
• "Small Scale Poultry Flock" by Harvey Ussery
• "Homegrown and Handmade" by Deborah Niemann
• "Mini-Farming: Self Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre" by Brett l. Markham
• "Sell What You Sow!"  by Eric Gibson
• "The Winter Harvest Handbook" by Eliot Coleman
• "Self- Sufficiency for the 21st Century"  by Dick and James Strawbridge
• "Raising the Homestead Hog"  by Jerome D. Belanger
• "Growing a Farmer" by Kurt Timmermeister
• "The Dirty Life" by Kristin Kimball

Health

• "Anti-Cancer" by David Servan-Schriber
• "The Maker's Diet" by Jordan S. Rubin
• "Never Be Sick Again" by Raymond Francis

Gardening

• "The Vegetable Gardener's Bible" by Edward C. Smith
• "Carrots Love Tomatoes"  by Louise Riotte
• "Eat More Dirt" by Ellen Sandbeck
• "The Heirloom Life Gardener" by Jere and Emilee Gettle
• "A Householder's Guide to the Universe"  by Harriet Fasenfest
• "$64 Tomato" by William Alexander
• "How to Grow More Vegetables" by John Jeavons
• "Backyard Market Gardening" by Andew W. Lee

Publications

• Mother Earth News

Documentaries

• "Food Inc."
• "Food Matters"
• "The Botany of Desire"
• "Supersize Me"
• "The Future of Food"
• "No Impact Man