A guide to natural foods

A guide to the art and practice of herbalism.

Master grower Eliot Coleman presents the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables. He updates practical information on marketing the harvest, on small-scale equipment, and on farming and gardening for the long-term health of the soil.

Use the oldest, most available materials imaginable earth, clay, sand, straw, and water and blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building.

For anyone who is trying to keep up with the extremely rapid developments in the biodiesel industry, the second edition of Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy is an invaluable aid. The second edition concludes with updated views on where the industry is headed in the years to come from some of its key players.

Takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the wide world of fermentation, with basic and delicious recipes - some familiar, others exotic - that are easy to make at home.

Shows how progressive politicians can help to shape the political debate

The definitive book on passive solar house design

A comprehensive resource for ecological gardeners

Shows how gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat.

All you need to know to grow apples successfully

The lowdown on the looming shortage of natural gas

Explains how sustainable, responsible, and joyful natural enterprises differ from most jobs, and provides a framework for building a natural enterprise. Learn how to find useful partners , how to do world-class market research, how to innovate, how to build resilience into your enterprise, and how to avoid the land mines that sink small businesses.

Whether you build an entire house or something more modest-a home office or studio, a retreat cabin or guest cottage-plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable and inexpensive option.