Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807085960 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Apfelbaum, who has, over the last thirty years, transformed his eighty-acre Stone Prairie Farm in Wisconsin into a biologically diverse ecosystem of prairie, wetland, spring-fed brook, and savanna. Renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it does otherwise."Few have taken Leopold's vision more to heart than Steven I. In healing his land, Apfelbaum demonstrates how humans might play a starring role in healing the planet.
"A Veiled But Valid Critique of Our Food Chain" according to allanbecker-gardenguru. Urban dwellers, far removed from arable land, are pleased that food is relatively affordable. Many of us are also proud that we grow enough food to feed the world. That this efficient food chain abuses the earth concerns too few people. When we are informed that this process is clearly unfriendly to nature, we cannot imagine why anyone would choose to turn back the clock on successful agricultural history.The author of this book leads us to reconsider our position on this subject by describing the toll t. Nelson Zane Eisman said Really It's a Love Story. First full disclosure: I have known Steve Apfelbaum and Susan Lehnhardt for ten years. I have visited the farm several times, shared meals, walks with Max, and kicked back to enjoy the critters flitting and chirping around the screened porch. We have been birding together and Steve is awesome - counting 50 species in as many minutes. When I exclaim my awe Susan laughs and says, "He just makes them up!" We have great times together and every time I learn an incredible amount from both of them. Now comes m. John Wasik said Blndsided with beauty. There's so much magic and mirth in this book that I was blindsided by its eloquence and beauty. As a restoration ecologist, Apfelbaum clearly loves what he does and embraces his mission to revive the lands within his stewardship. Having burned prairies many times and watched for majestic cranes overhead, I can tell you what he professes works. It's not only good for the land, it's good for us. We ignore his advice at our peril. This book is clearly in keeping with the spirit of Aldo Leopold and John Muir
. He founded Stone Prairie Farm in southern Wisconsin on 80 acres, surrounded by cornfields, farm machinery and grazing cattle. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Inspired by Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac, Apfelbaum, founder and president of Applied Ecological Services, dreamt of a home that would allow me to become deeply involved with the land, where I could live simply. The book relates the 30-year adventure of restoring the farm to prairie, following the author as he befriends the neighbors and finds a mate. From Publishers Weekly This page-tu