Grown & Gathered: Traditional Living Made Modern

As factory farming continues to dominate food production, agrowing movement insists that a hands-on connection to foodand the land that produces, it cannot be set aside. In Grown & Gathered, Matt and Lentil Purbrick present asumptuously photographed guide to living alongside natureand returning to an ancient way of life. 365 days of notes fromthe authors will help you read the environment as the seasonschange, and detailed guides to growing plants and raising animalswill ensure that you build your farming practice on a stablefoundation. True to the ancient way of life the authors seek to rediscover,Grown & Gathered also includes a chapter on the nuances oftrading the goods you produce, rather than relying on monetaryexchange. Finally, nearly one hundred recipes for everything from staplesto full meals offer delicious ways to prepare the food youhave produced from the ground up.