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🌾 Agrarianism

Stories and treatises rooted in the land, celebrating the moral clarity of farming life and questioning industrial modernity's grip on the human spirit.
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 94%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 92%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
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8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 92%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
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2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 92%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
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5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 92%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 92%
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012
4.34
724 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
by Joel Salatin • 2010
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
4.26
462
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer Summary
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer 91%
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
by Joel Salatin 2010
4.26
462 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
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🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 91%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
by Woody Tasch • 2008
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money 90%
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
by Woody Tasch 2008
3.57
198 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 90%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 90%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm 90%
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship
Harvest the Vote
by Jane Kleeb • 2020
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
3.82
214
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
Harvest the Vote Summary
Harvest the Vote 90%
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
by Jane Kleeb 2020
3.82
214 ratings
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
Soil and Sacrament
by Fred Bahnson • 2013
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
4.17
264
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality
Soil and Sacrament Summary
Soil and Sacrament 90%
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality
The Populist Moment
by Lawrence Goodwyn • 1978
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
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335
🌾 Agrarian Movements🗳️ American Populism🏛️ Gilded Age Politics
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment 90%
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978
3.80
335 ratings
🌾 Agrarian Movements🗳️ American Populism🏛️ Gilded Age Politics
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
by Steven Hahn • 1985
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
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74
🌾 Agrarian History🔨 Reconstruction Era🌱 Sharecropping
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM Summary
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM 90%
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
by Steven Hahn 1985
3.78
74 ratings
🌾 Agrarian History🔨 Reconstruction Era🌱 Sharecropping
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
4.36
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🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 90%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
982
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts 90%
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006
4.05
982 ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
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🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 90%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems
Restoration Agriculture
by Mark Shepard • 2013
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
4.30
1k+
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design
Restoration Agriculture Summary
Restoration Agriculture 89%
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
by Mark Shepard 2013
4.30
1k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 89%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 89%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
The New Organic Grower
by Eliot Coleman • 1989
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
4.41
1k+
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower 89%
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
by Eliot Coleman 1989
4.41
1k+ ratings
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health
The Lean Farm
by Ben Hartman • 2015
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
4.26
417
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System
The Lean Farm Summary
The Lean Farm 89%
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
by Ben Hartman 2015
4.26
417 ratings
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System
Designing Regenerative Food Systems
by Marina O'Connell • 2022
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
3.75
4
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture
Designing Regenerative Food Systems Summary
Designing Regenerative Food Systems 89%
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
by Marina O'Connell 2022
3.75
4 ratings
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
by Richard Wiswall • 2009
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
4.08
157
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook Summary
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook 89%
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
by Richard Wiswall 2009
4.08
157 ratings
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance
Dirt to Soil
by Gabe Brown • 2018
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
4.46
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil 89%
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
by Gabe Brown 2018
4.46
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole • 2019
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
4.21
1k+
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England? 89%
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
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99
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 89%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 89%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation
The Left Behind
by Robert Wuthnow • 2018
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
3.58
650
🏡 Rural America😤 Cultural Resentment🏙️ Urban Rural Divide
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind 89%
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
by Robert Wuthnow 2018
3.58
650 ratings
🏡 Rural America😤 Cultural Resentment🏙️ Urban Rural Divide
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 89%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 89%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 89%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
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🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 89%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
The Third Plate
by Dan Barber • 2014
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
4.28
7k+
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology
The Third Plate Summary
The Third Plate 88%
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
by Dan Barber 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 88%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
Rural Versus Urban
by Suzanne Mettler • 2025
The real divide isn't ideology: it's rural versus urban, and it's endangering American democracy.
4.33
54
🌾 Rural Politics🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide💔 Affective Polarization
Rural Versus Urban Summary
Rural Versus Urban 88%
The real divide isn't ideology: it's rural versus urban, and it's endangering American democracy.
by Suzanne Mettler 2025
4.33
54 ratings
🌾 Rural Politics🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide💔 Affective Polarization
The Soil Will Save Us
by Kristin Ohlson • 2014
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
4.14
1k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming
The Soil Will Save Us Summary
The Soil Will Save Us 88%
Soil stores more carbon than the atmosphere and all forests combined. We can rebuild it.
by Kristin Ohlson 2014
4.14
1k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Ecology🌍 Carbon Farming
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 88%
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
by Wes Jackson 2022
3.56
198 ratings
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
The Politics of Resentment
by Katherine J. Cramer • 2016
Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.
4.01
1k+
🌾 Rural Politics🛣️ Urban Rural Divide📋 Ethnography
The Politics of Resentment Summary
The Politics of Resentment 88%
Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.
by Katherine J. Cramer 2016
4.01
1k+ ratings
🌾 Rural Politics🛣️ Urban Rural Divide📋 Ethnography
Nature's Metropolis
by William Cronon • 1991
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
4.26
4k+
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems
Nature's Metropolis Summary
Nature's Metropolis 88%
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
by William Cronon 1991
4.26
4k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems
Behind the Green Mask
by Rosa Koire • 2011
A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.
4.28
365
🗺️ Land Use Policy🏠 Property Rights🌍 Agenda 21
Behind the Green Mask Summary
Behind the Green Mask 88%
A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.
by Rosa Koire 2011
4.28
365 ratings
🗺️ Land Use Policy🏠 Property Rights🌍 Agenda 21
The Power in the Land
by Fred Harrison • 1983
An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.
4.13
15
🏗️ Land Economics🧾 Tax Reform📉 Business Cycles
The Power in the Land Summary
The Power in the Land 88%
An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.
by Fred Harrison 1983
4.13
15 ratings
🏗️ Land Economics🧾 Tax Reform📉 Business Cycles
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc • 1912
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
3.96
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🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State 88%
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
by Hilaire Belloc 1912
3.96
659 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
Small is Beautiful
by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
4.09
7k+
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful 88%
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973
4.09
7k+ ratings
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Backyard Winter Gardening
by Caleb Warnock • 2013
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
3.83
186
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency
Backyard Winter Gardening Summary
Backyard Winter Gardening 88%
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
by Caleb Warnock 2013
3.83
186 ratings
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency
Meet the Frugalwoods
by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
3.74
7k+
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement
Meet the Frugalwoods Summary
Meet the Frugalwoods 88%
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018
3.74
7k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less
by Renee Dang • 2022
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
4.04
26
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less Summary
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less 88%
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
by Renee Dang 2022
4.04
26 ratings
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
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2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 88%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
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