Accidental Farmers
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements......................................................................................vii
Prologue........................................................................................................xi
Part 1: Birth of a Farm
1. An Awakening............................................................................................3
Sidebar: I Met the Enemy, and He is Us............................................................................14
2. Going to the Country................................................................................16
Sidebar: Country Neighbors.............................................................................................43
3. The Accidental Farmers............................................................................47
Sidebar: Working for a Living...........................................................................................63
4. Eating Animals.........................................................................................67
Sidebar: Radio Homemakers............................................................................................88
Part 2: Reconnecting Animals With the Land and People With Their Food
Sidebar: Crop Failure.....................................................................................................118
6. Reviving the Prairie...............................................................................122
Sidebar: Nothing Like a Cozy Brood House....................................................................148
7. Farming’s Dark Side..............................................................................150
Sidebar: Longing for Connection...................................................................................170
8. Value-Based Farming............................................................................172
Sidebar: A Life Not Wasted...........................................................................................186
9. Agrarian Alchemy.................................................................................188
Sidebar: Changing Priorities in Order to Farm..............................................................211
10. Downshifting......................................................................................215
Book Club and Reading Group Guide........................................................239
Endnotes..................................................................................................242
