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.

The second book in the treasured Little House series, Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves her, forever and always, in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake. Hannah Rosenstein should be happy: after a lonely childhood of traipsing...

He falls in love with her at first sight. But someone else is also pursuing her. Who will get the girl in this holiday romance in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia? Rosie has settled into the single life… Rosie Hamilton is focused on managing the Christmastown Tree Farm and taking care of her mother, whose Stage 4 cancer is in remission. On top of that, she also teaches third grade Sunday school. Being busy all week long means that she doesn’t have time for relationships.Evan thinks it has to be her… Evan Cavanaugh quits his corporate position at his family business in Seattle and...

Main Street is “a triumph.” Erik Brady, Buffalo News. On a Roller Coaster: 1902-1939 is the fifth book in the series Main Street: The History of Buffalo. The era is a roller-coaster ride of economic boom and bust—and mayors of titanic achievement. At the start of the book, as the Pan-American Exposition in North Buffalo is torn down, a city of steel rises along Lake Erie just south of town—the massive new steel plant. In the business center of town, churches of Joseph’s Ellicott’s Buffalo are selling off their lots and moving north from Downtown to be closer to with parishioners...

I didn’t plan on falling for the new doctor in town! But when I come down with the flu and have a farm to run single-handedly, I have to order a house call. That’s when he shows up—Dr. Aiden Daniels—piercing hazel eyes, a jawline that could cut glass, and a bedside manner that slices through my icy facade like a knife through butter. And now we’re stuck together in my farm house in the middle of a hurricane! After my husband died, I promised myself I’d protect the farm—and my heart—at all costs. But now I’m putting my heart at risk for a chance at love again. Just when I ...

From New York style icon and fashion insider Amanda Brooks, a charming and inspiring meditation on life in her newly adopted home, a farm in the English countryside. In search of a quieter, simpler life away from the hustle of the city, style icon and longtime New Yorker Amanda Brooks moved...

Secret witch Coco Higginbotham has the perfect cover: magical land preservation in Mystic Meadows, Georgia. Here magic threads through the land and unicorn critters roam free, though human magic is strictly forbidden. But when billionaire developer Stone Maddox threatens the town’s magical flow with his resort construction, what’s a closeted witch to do but cast a spell to make him see reason?

She came for a yoga retreat. She found a life – and a love – she never expected. Burned out from her corporate career, Morgan Reece is desperate for a break. But a wrong turn lands her at Hillcrest Dairy, not the peaceful retreat she planned. With the farm shorthanded, rugged owner Nate Anderson offers her a deal: help out for two weeks in exchange for room and board. It’s meant to be temporary. Yet as Morgan trades deadlines for sunrises and spreadsheets for starry skies, she finds herself drawn to the land—and to Nate’s steady kindness. Nate has been burned before, and he knows ...

He’s her small-town ex. She’s his biggest what-if. Can a neglected orchard and a little cider magic give them a second chance at love? Desirae Lane never planned to return to Cedarwood Valley. But when her glittering city career crumbles, she’s forced to confront the overgrown orchard—and the heartbreak—she left behind. Selling her grandmother’s farm and escaping small-town gossip seems simple enough… until she runs into Cole Carter. Cole has always been the one that got away—or rather, the one who pushed her away. Now, the ruggedly handsome farmer-next-door is determined to...

‘Heartwarming and gloriously romantic’ HEIDI SWAIN ‘Perfect to curl up with on sunny days or cold winter nights’ CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN ‘I devoured this gorgeous book as quickly as a tin of Scottish shortbread’ VERONICA HENRY Maura has everything she ever wanted from life – a...

“ 'So, food expert, what kinds of dishes do you think I should put on the menu?' I challenge. He relaxes a little as he answers. 'Classic comfort food, you know. Simple, delicious, and with fresh ingredients. From my farm,' he adds with a crooked smile that causes my own lips to curve up. That smile . . . it’s dangerous." Willa Fairfax is only one semester away from graduating culinary school when she learns that she has inherited a restaurant. Well, not a restaurant exactly, but a small-town diner with a loyal following. The Bent Spoon, however, serves uninspired food in an equally ...

Amelia Gable is a big-city chef with a Michelin-star dream, and her family's failing North Dakota farm is the final obstacle in her way. Her mission: sell it, fast. She plans to be in and out, trading memories of dust and grief for the polished steel of her real life. She's got no time for nostalgia, and even less for the brooding, intense farmhand who seems to think he owns the place. He might as well. Gideon Troy has poured his blood, sweat into keeping the Gable farm alive. He's determined to preserve the legacy he loves. A plan that Amelia’s return threatens to shatter. He remembers ...

Readers of Mia Sosa and Alexandria Bellefleur will love this swoony, sexy opposites-attract romcom from USA Today bestselling author Helena Greer, where the relationship may be fake, but the feelings are very real! No-nonsense Tara Sloane Chadwick is practically perfect. An impeccably...