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Be cool - get some chickens!

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Humic Substances in Biological Agriculture

[spurr]

Hey CC,

I beat you to the punch! I uploaded that article above It's a damn good article IMO.

All the best, spurr

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Oops! My bad!

It is a good read - subscribing to Acres USA magazine was well worth the money, IMHO

CC

[spurr]

How much is a subscription?

[Clackamas Coot]

Originally Posted by spurr

How much is a subscription?

Something like $27.00 per year.

It's their book store that is the real treasure. For example I was looking for a copy published in Australia by their biodynamic farming organization.

At Amazon.com there was a previous edition (used obviously) for $225.00 - insane. I went to the publisher's web site in Australia and it was only $15.00 but with international air mail it hit $80.00 or so.

Acres USA has this publication for less than $20.00

Just one example on finding books on sustainable agriculture having very limited distribution. And they still can sell these books at a fair price though their order entry system is circa 1997, i.e. no email confirmation or anything at all. You get your order about a week later.

LOL

CC

[delerious]

Originally Posted by spurr

How much is a subscription?

As CC mentioned $27/yr US, $37/yr foreign - with discounts for multiple years. I ordered a sample issue before subscribing.

I have been visiting the library at a nearby college which turned out to be really big on all things agriculture. The place is awesome.. its a small college and library, but the stacks are filled with hundreds of books on everything from microbiology to permaculture to horticulture to soil testing to... I haven't even seen it all yet. Subscriptions to all sorts of peer reviewed journals as well as magazines like Acres and some other really cool publication that comes out like twice a year about northeast farming (looks like an old fashioned newspaper.) It's like heaven in there, and I feel really lucky to have a place like this nearby.

Anybody else been to a library like that? Got suggestions for books, or articles in print about anything really.. soil biology, microbiology, ecology, permaculture, general gardening, organics, agroecology, farming methods. Anything in print that i should look into?

Any topics you guys find interesting?

Bill Molenson's book on permaculture is interesting and really in depth.
5 acres and independance is great, something I need to purchase.
There was a book on microbiology by Something Clarke that seems good, and really in depth. I'd also like to find this one to buy.

Unfortunately - Since I am not a student, I can't take books out, and it's about 30 minutes away. But I have spent a couple days there reading, and taking notes. So much to read though, it's hard to pick through the books.. So recommendations would be nice.

My dad helped me with my garden this weekend and brought a book he picked up at a farm auction.

The Complete Book of Composting, J. I. Rodale and Staff, 10th Printing, 1971

Over 1000 pages of composting history! Looks like an excellent book for being 40 years+

[TACOE]

^ Great, easy to read book. I took it out of the library and learned a bunch from it. A lot of the Rodale Institute stuff is good reading.