Growing good things to eat in Texas : profiles of organic farmers and ranchers across the state / by Pamela Walker ; photographs by Linda Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Pamela, 1949-

Contributor:

Walsh, Linda (Linda M.)

Series:

Texas A & M University agriculture series ; no. 11.

Texas A & M University agriculture series ; no. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic farming--Texas.

Organic farming.

Organic farmers--Texas--Biography.

Organic farmers.

Family farms--Texas.

Family farms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As more and more people seek locally grown food, independent family owned and operated agriculture has expanded, creating local networks for selling and buying produce, meat, and dairy products and reviving local agricultural economies throughout the United States. Pamela Walker and Linda Walsh portray eleven farming and ranch families who are part of this food revival in Texas..

Contents:

Fruit and vegetables

South Tex organics: Dennis Holbrook's journey from pharmaceutical to organic farming

Boggy Creek Farm: the art of urban farming

Tecolote Farm: where the South meets the West

Animal farm: how Gita Vanwoerden accidentally became a vegetable farmer

Home sweet farm: making American dreams come true

Shrimp and meat

Permian Sea Organics: aquaculture in the desert

Rehoboth Ranch and Windy Meadows Farm: for the love of god and family

Ross Farm: learning to listen to the whispers of nature

Dairy and cheese

Pure Luck Farm and Dairy: from the first generation to the second

Full Quiver Farm and Dairy: how the Sams family saved its farm and sustained a way of life.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-299-05286-X

1-60344-341-X

OCLC:

715188401