Lentil Underground

A prot g of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm to table food movement.The story of the Lentil Underground begins on a 280 acre homestead rooted in America s Great Plains the Oien family farm Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness told small farmers like the Oiens to get big or get out But twenty seven year old David Oien decided to take a stand, becoming the first in his conservative Montana county to plant a radically different crop organic lentils 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 an underground network 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 Whole Foods, hundreds of independent natural foods stores, and a host of renowned restaurants.From the heart of Big Sky Country comes this inspiring 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 an eye opening and richly reported narrative that will be welcomed by everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world. Download Lentil Underground – kino-fada.fr LOVED this book I kept wanting to phone or email the author and the people featured in this book, and ask them over to supper so we could further discuss the ideas Carlisle presented We have so much to learn from the people associated with Timeless Seeds I esp...Curious about Food Read This Book In Lentil Underground Liz Carlisle pulls together many important concepts related to food in America, in particular the growing and distribution of food The story begins at David Oien s farm in Montana on the east side of the Rocky Mountains When Oien decided to plant acres of organic lentils, this was a radical act This book traces the ups and downs of organic lentil farming in Montana over the years In time other farmers in Montana started planting acres Curious about Food Read This Book In Le...At the age of 27, David Oien began the transformation of his family s farm in Montana from a conventional farm to an organic one, with the introduction of the planting of a crop of organic lentils, in order to return nutrients to the soil while growing a food crop that could be sold Liz Carlisle relates Oien s experiences as he connects with other Montana farmers and involves them in the growing of organic lentils and other crops The farmers a...My 4 favorite takeaways 1 eating organic lentils shipped in from across the country isenvironmentally friendly than local conventionally grown food 2 we ve been practicing agriculture for 12000 years, and only using heavy chemicals for 60 years 3 l...I love stories of grit and determination, especially when they re true This is a wonderfully told account of a little farmer who could, and did, and still is doing, and the community of farmers spread across Montana who have joined in in his quest to grow...An amazing story of the beginning of organic farming practices in MontanaFour young Montana Farmers in the wheat growing high plains decide to do things differently The first one to try lentils in the 1980s is David Oien, from Conrad, a couple of years older than me He starts college at the University of Chicago, but then graduates from Missoula in Religious Studies having studied with Joseph Epes Brown, chronicler of Black Elk Speaks Oien starts experimenting with a few acres on his family homestead He struggles for decades figuring out what to grow and how to m Four young Montana Farmers in the wheat growing high plains decide to do t...My favorite thing about this book was the care it took to avoid oversimplifications It explained why going organic is an oversimplification why eating within 100 miles is an oversimplification A story of how farmers in Montana are working to rebuild their soil, it points out what are often contradictions as people seek to eat local and have a positive impact on the environment, and doesn t skimp to point out that the truly sustainable processes might take ten, twenty, thirty years There My favorite thing about this book was the care it took to avoid oversimplifications It explained why going organic is an oversimplification why eating within 100 miles is an oversimplification A story of how farmers in M...Building your soil biologically is not a precise prescription for a particular crop, but a contribution to a larger ecology, subject to independent variables, geologic time, and global biogeochemical cycles You will not capture all the value on this farm, in this year You cannot individualize your return To build biological fertility is to build community to accept interdependence with other creatures and fost...A deeply engaged and engaging case study in how a group of Montana farmers, some of them visionary some of them careful and cautious, have backed away from extractive agriculture, building and finding markets and community along their way Carlisle is attentive to the interdependencies of soil, commerce, politics, technical skills, long experience, and the role of common cause made by men and women as fully committed to their own independence as they are accepting of the role com...

• English
• 01 June 2018
Liz Carlisle
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 1592409202
• Liz Carlisle
• Lentil Underground