Farm City

Novella Carpenter loves cities - the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways.

Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? Too often people dare not even vocalize this desire because it seems absurd. It's like thinking the unthinkable. After all, the farm population is dwindling. It takes too much capital to start. The pay is too low. The working conditions are dusty, smelly and noisy: Not the place to raise a family. This is all true, and more, for most farmers.

In Farm the City, Michael Ableman, the “Spartacus of Sustainable Food Activism”, offers a guide to setting up and running a successful urban farm, derived from the success of Sole Food Street Farms, one of the largest urban agriculture enterprises in North America. Sole Food Street Farms spans four acres of land in Vancouver, produces 25 tons of food annually, provides meaningful work for dozens of disadvantaged people, and has improved the surrounding community in countless ways.

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Fall I Want meets The Summer I Turned Pretty in this YA second-chance, city-girl-meets-farm, coming-of-age romance. Golden leaves, second chances, and the choice that changes everything. Ava Matthews has one year of fashion school left before college in Milan. She knows exactly what she wants...

Lauren Harris traded Heartstring Hill for Manhattan success eighteen years ago—and left Matt Wilder standing at their fence line with a broken heart. Now she's back to help her dad through harvest season. Matt Wilder has spent nearly two decades perfecting his grumpy farmer routine and avoiding the boundary fence that reminds him of what he lost. But when a scheduling disaster forces them to work together, sparks fly faster than hay bales at harvest. Can a spreadsheet-loving city girl and a cattle-wrangling country boy find their way back to each other? Or will Lauren's promotion offer ...

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For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist Emma Walters’s life to go from near-perfect to a monumental disaster. One day to break...

He’s forty-two, filthy from the creek, and filthy rich. She’s twenty, broke, and about to learn the difference between a quick fling and a lifetime claim. Emily’s mother just traded her for a corner office and a new husband. With one duffel bag and zero plan, she limps her beat-up Civic into the Rusty Trout Motel—last stop before nowhere. Alex inherited the crumbling cabins, a trout farm, and a fortune he keeps buried under work boots and silence. He doesn’t do guests. He definitely doesn’t do twenty-year-olds with city mouths and runaway hearts. But when Emily’s curves meet ...

Northern Michigan Cherry Orchard Tour Your Complete Guide to Cherry Blossom Season in Traverse City, Old Mission Peninsula & Beyond Planning a trip to Northern Michigan during cherry blossom season? This beautifully designed, family-friendly travel guide is your ultimate resource for discovering the best cherry blossom viewing spots, scenic drives, local cherry events, and award-winning cherry products. From the rolling orchards of Old Mission Peninsula to the quiet country roads of Antrim County and the food-rich wine trails of Leelanau County, Northern Michigan Cherry Orchard Tour brings ...

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The perfect book for fans of small town romance Beatrice Norton is a country girl. Working on a farm by day and pulling pints at the Big Apple pub by night, her simple life suits her just fine. Arthur Redgrave is city boy. Raised in luxury by acting royalty, he dreams of conquering the Big Apple...

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It’s a perfect fish-out-of-water story: LA influencer meets cozy small town. My life is a brand, and I’m one viral campaign away from saving my family’s struggling Vermont farm. The only thing I didn’t storyboard is Dr. Bryan Miller, the town’s gruff, single-dad vet. He’s got sad eyes, a protective streak a mile wide, and he hates everything my world stands for. He thinks my life is fake, but the more time I spend in this town of falling leaves and crackling bonfires, the more I realize he might be the realest thing I’ve ever known. But just as I start to fall for him and his ...

Casual Farming 10 - A Slow Living LitRPG In the heart of the peaceful town of Summer Shandy, we find the Hunter family. They've built a life around the simple, rewarding rhythms of farming. But life has a way of bringing change, and when a new challenge arrives, it strengthens not just their family ties but also their bond with the tight-knit community. Casual Farming is about celebrating the core values of farming life. It's a lively tale about sticking together and the happiness that comes from working the land and watching things grow – from crops to relationships. Join the Hunter ...

Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Romances of 2022 Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas tree farm in this witty, glittering, heart-filled romcom with “all of the warm, queer, Jewish holiday vibes you...

She came home to heal. She never expected to find the one man who could help her fight back. Jessica Miller built a life in the city that looked perfect from the outside. Until her fiancé stole her career, her reputation, and the future she had planned. Shattered and humiliated, she retreats to Hope’s Crossing, the apple orchard she once fled, determined to keep her head down and rebuild in peace. But peace is a luxury she no longer has. When her ex arrives in town with a charming smile and a checkbook full of threats, Jessica finds herself cornered again. Only this time, she is not ...

The Man Who Thought He Owned Water is author Tershia d’Elgin’s fresh take on the gravest challenge of our time—how to support urbanization without killing ourselves in the process. The gritty story of her family’s experience with water rights on its Colorado farm provides essential background about American farms, food, and water administration in the West in the context of growing cities and climate change.

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Jimmy was an idealistic farm boy who dreamed of more than life on the farm. With limited means but unlimited dreams, he moved to the city to escape the drudgery of farm life and discover a new life he never knew existed. But life in the city was full of unexpected twists and turns, and Jimmy soon found himself in a roller-coaster life where he had to make difficult choices with far-reaching consequences. Discover this engrossing and fast-paced tale of life in turn-of-the-century America and follow Jimmy's journey as he navigates his way through the tumultuous waters of city life. If you ...