Free (nook/Kindle) Seasons on Henry's Farm [Award-Win Agriculture Memoir w/Recipes]

[ATDrake]

The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm by Terra Brockman, with a foreword by Deborah Madison (Wikipedia) is her photo-illustrated slice-of-life back-to-the-land small-scale organic agricultural industry-exploring memoir cum recipes (but not an actual cookbook) of Exactly What It Says In The Title, free courtesy of publisher Agate's Surrey imprint.

This won Chicago magazine's Green Award in 2010 and was also nominated for the James Beard Award in Writing and Literature (Wikipedia) in that same year, and has a lot of praise quoted in the editorial reviews.

It's been previously offered free in 2013 and again in 2014 and did get mentioned on MR then but quite frankly, we're already up to 8 combined new/repeat official publisher promo things for today alone and this is nifty enough to deserve a feature spotlight so I'm just going to count it as a new freebie for the purposes of the daily non-repeat thread count, especially since it's available worldwide this time around.

Currently free, probably just until the weekend @ B&N (also UK), Amazon (not available to Canadians, but also free in the UK), and directly from the publisher's webcatalogue page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide).

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat… ish) free ebook thread of the day.

Because an informative and entertaining behind-the-scenes natural living look at a sustainable ecological science-based family-friendly food business industry with tasty recipes (and pictures!) =

Enjoy!

Description
Henry's Farm, run by Henry Brockman, is in central Illinois--some of the richest farming land in the world. There, he and his family--five generations of farmers, including sister Terra, the author--have bucked the traditional agribusiness conventional wisdom by farming in a way that's sensible, sustainable, and focused on producing healthy, nutritious food in ways that don't despoil the land. Terra Brockman tells the story of her family and their life on the farm in the form of a year-long memoir--with recipes--that takes readers through each season of life on the farm. Studded with vignettes, digressions, photographs, family stories, and illustrations of the farm's vivid plant life, the book is a one-of-a-kind treasure that will appeal to readers of Michael Pollan, E.B. White, Gretel Ehrlich, and Sandra Steingraber.

Through closely observed natural phenomena and engagingly told stories, The Seasons of Henry's Farm takes readers deep inside the world of a small-scale farmer, and in so doing, opens a window into what sustainable farming really entails and why it is vital and relevant to everyone--everyone who eats, that is. Though rooted in the rolling oak-hickory hills and fertile fields and flood plains of the Mackinaw River Valley, the book ranges widely, incorporating literary, scientific, and culinary reflections occasioned by the week-by-week events of farm life.

The Seasons on Henry's Farm shows readers the cyclical rhythms of nature and of sustainable agriculture, which mimics nature, and the life of an extended family that not only believes in the importance of stewarding the land but lives it every day. Brockman invites us to recognize our place in the cosmos, and to understand that growing good food does not mean destroying soil and water, and that we can eat well and live well, and still leave this earth a better place than we found it. She has created a mindful and mouthwatering invitation to eat great food grown by people near you who love the land. This is a book for everyone who cares about the food we eat, the land we live on, and the environment that sustains us.

[ATDrake]

Now a repeat freebie @ B&N & Amazon.

Newly free @ iTunes (not available to Canadians), and probably Google Play US if they have it.

Due to changes in the publisher's website, unlikely to show up as a PDF again.