A Year and a Day on Just a Few Acres
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 149549957X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For anyone considering a part-time venture into farming or a Ron Rusinek For anyone considering a part-time venture into farming or a wholesale swap of vocation, buy this book. The author's struggle between leaving the corporate world and rekindle his family farm is a backdrop to the practical information of farming as a way of independent living. Many of the author's stories trace his learning curve of raising, selling and harvesting a multitude of livestock a. "Great read" according to Connie Wilcox. Enjoyed the book, it shows that sometimes leaving the corporate world and going back to you roots is the best thing in the world.. Great read! Karen Fasimpaur Great book about a man who leaves a high-powered, fast-paced career for a life that is slower and richer. A very rewarding story.
Peter is the seventh generation on his family’s farm. Peter’s writings on sustainability and architecture can be found at peterlarson. More information on their farm can be found at justafewacres. About the Author Peter Larson is a former architect who lives with his wife, Hilarie and their three children in Lansing, New York. . He and his family aspire to live self sufficiently and produce healthy food for their community. They harvest their own power via solar electricity, their own heat via firewood harvested from their farm, and much of their own food via their livestock, gardens and orchard. They own Just a Few Acres farm, which produces broiler chickens, eggs, turkeys, beef, and pork
When Peter Larson, a 44 year old principal at an architectural firm decides to leave his job to restart his family’s seventh generation farm near Ithaca, New York, he encounters doubting ghosts of his former self, hundreds of frankenchickens, fifty personable turkeys, three pigs, one enduring friendship, and the true self he has searched for his whole life. Filled with the psychology of change and down to earth stories of farming and homesteading, this is the true story of making the leap so many wish for but dare not.
They own Just a Few Acres farm, which produces broiler chickens, eggs, turkeys, beef, and pork. Peter is the seventh generation on his family’s farm. Peter Larson is a former architect who lives with his wife, Hilarie and their three children in Lansing, New York. They harvest their own power via solar electricity, their own heat via firewood harvested from their farm, and much of their own food via their livestock, gardens and orchard. Mor