Spring 2015 Foreign & Subsidiary Rights List

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Chelsea Green Publishing

Spring 2015Rights List

(Updated June 2015)

Brianne Goodspeed

Senior Editor and Subrights Manager

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802-295-6300 x107www.chelseagreen.com


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The Permaculture CityResilient Living in Cities, Towns, and Suburbs

By Toby Hemenway

The Permaculture Cityprovides a new way of thinking about urban

living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energysecurity, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods,

and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-

based approach that works so beautifully for growing food

connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious

waysapplies perfectly to many of our other needs.

The Permaculture Citybegins in the garden but takes what we have

learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human

experience; were not just gardening plants but people,

neighborhoods, and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how

permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of

meeting our needs for food, water, shelter, energy, community, andlivelihood in sustainable, resilient ways.

This important book documents the rise of a new sophistication,

depth, and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture

designers and practitioners. Understanding nature can do more than

improve how we grow, make, or consume things; it can also teach

us how to cooperate, make decisions, and arrive at good solutions.

Toby Hemenwayis the author of Gaias Garden: A Guide to Home-

Scale Permaculture, a seminal work in the field of permaculture,

which has been translated into French, Italian, Korean, Turkish,Latvian, and Hungarian. In 2009, Chelsea Green published a revised

and updated edition of this important classic.

From 1999 to 2004, Toby was associate editor ofPermaculture

Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture. His

writing has appeared in magazines such as Whole Earth Review,

Natural Home, andKitchen Gardener. A widely sought-after teacher,Toby consults, lectures, and offers workshops on ecological design.

He lives in Sebastopol, CA. Find more information at his web site,

www.patternliteracy.com.

From the bestselling author of

Gaias Garden, permaculture for

urban dwellers

Revised Publication Date:Sept. 2015Pages: 288

Size:8 x 10

Art Program: Black & whiteillustrations, 16-page color insert

Rights Held:World

Half the worlds people now live in cities,

and as Toby Hemenway convincingly

demonstrates, they can be at the very

forefront of the revolution in how we live.

This book will thrill you! Bill McKibben,author ofDeep Economy

The Permaculture Cityis essential.

Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at the Post

Carbon Institute

Read this book like the life of your children

depended on it ... because it does. John D.

Liu, director of the Environmental

Education Media Project

The function of a well-conceived city, he

says, is to inspire. This book inspires.

Albert Bates, president of Global Village

Institute for Appropriate Technology

The Permaculture Cityis a triumph in

bringing the wisdom of permaculture

practices to city dwellers. Paul Stamets,

author ofMycelium Running


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The Art of Natural CheesemakingUsing Traditional, Non-Industrial Methods and Raw

Ingredients to Make the World's Best Cheeses

Including more than 35 step-by-step recipes from the Black Sheep

School of Cheesemaking

By David Asher

Foreword by Sandor Ellix Katz, author of The Art of

Fermentationand Wild Fermentation

Most DIY cheesemaking books are hard to follow, complicated, and

confusing, and call for the use of packaged freeze-dried cultures,

chemical additives, and expensive cheesemaking equipment. In The

Art of Natural Cheesemaking, David Asher practices and preaches a

traditional, but increasingly countercultural, way of making

cheeseone that is natural and intuitive, grounded in ecological

principles and biological science.

This book encourages home and small-scale commercial

cheesemakers to take a different approach by showing them:

How to source good milk, including raw milk;

How to keep their own bacterial starter cultures and fungal

ripening cultures;

How make their own rennetand how to make good cheese

without it;

How to avoid the use of plastic equipment and chemical

additives; and

How to use appropriate technologies.

Introductory chapters explore and explain the basic elements ofcheese: milk, cultures, rennet, salt, tools, and the cheese cave. The

fourteen chapters that follow each examine a particular class of

cheese, from kefir and paneer to washed-rind and alpine styles,

offering specific recipes and handling advice. The techniques

presented are direct and thorough, fully illustrated with hand-drawn

diagrams and triptych photos that show the transformation of

cheeses in a comparative and dynamic fashion.

David Asher is an organic farmer, goatherd, and farmstead

cheesemaker who lives on the gulf islands of British Columbia. David

runs the Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking and has been teaching

cheesemaking for more than seven years.

The Art of Fermentation

meets natural cheesemaking

Revised Publication Date:July 2015Pages: 320

Size:8 x 10

Art Program: 218 color photosRights Held:World

The Art of Natural Cheesemakingis a

breakthrough book. The interest among

eaters to explore this next stage in do-it-yourself living in the 21st century has finally

reached dairy. Richard McCarthy,

executive director, Slow Food USA

If you want to know every possible detail

about cheesemaking the natural way and on

a small scale in your home, The Art of

Natural Cheesemakingis the book for you.

Everything is beautifully illustrated and

carefully explained. Sally Fallon Morell,

president of the Weston A. Price Foundation

David Ashers book is brave and important,

teaching us to tend to what matters by helping

us understand process before recipes. This

book expands the boundaries of sustainability,

deepening the power of independentautonomy and local flavor, making our worldmore delicious.--Shannon Hayes, author,

Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming

Domesticity from a Consumer Culture


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Beyond the War on Invasive SpeciesA Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration

By Tao Orion

Foreword by David Holmgren, co-orginator of the

permaculture concept

Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to

mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer

numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever

change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive

species represent significant threats to global biodiversity and

ecological integrity permeate conversations from schoolrooms to

boardrooms, and concerned citizens grapple with how to rapidly and

efficiently manage their populations. These worries have culminated

in an ongoing war on invasive species, where the arsenal is

stocked with bulldozers, chainsaws, and herbicides put to the task of

their immediate eradication.

Beyond the War on Invasive Speciesoffers a much-needed

alternative perspective on invasive species and the best practices for

their management based on a holistic, permaculture-inspired

framework. Utilizing the latest research and thinking on the

changing nature of ecological systems,Beyond the War on Invasive

Species closely examines the factors that are largely missing from

the common conceptions of invasive species, including how the

colliding effects of climate change, habitat destruction, and changes

in land use and management contribute to their proliferation.

Orion demonstrates that there is more to the story of invasive

species than is commonly conceived, and offers ways ofunderstanding their presence and ecosystem effects in order to make

more ecologically responsible choices in land restoration and

biodiversity conservation that address the root of the invasion

phenomenon. The choices we make on a daily basisthe ways we

procure food, shelter, water, medicine, and transportationare the

major drivers of contemporary changes in ecosystem structure and

function; therefore, deep and long-lasting ecological restoration

outcomes will come not just from eliminating invasive species, but

through conscientious redesign of these production systems.

Tao Orionteaches permaculture design at Oregon State University

and Aprovecho, a 40-acre nonprofit sustainable-living educationalorganization. She also consults on holistic farm, forest, and

restoration planning through Resilience Permaculture Design, LLC,

and runs a 6.5-acre homestead, Viriditas Farm, in the southern

Willamette Valley of Oregon.

A paradigm shift in

invasive species management

Revised Publication Date:Aug 2015Pages: 272

Size:6 x 9

Rights Held:World

A gathering body of evidence against the

scale of chemical interventions in both

agriculture and wild nature is fueling a battle

of geopolitical proportions. Orion exposes a

deep ethical corruption at the heart of bothecological science and the environmental

movement. David Holmgren, from the

foreword

An important book that offers a path away

from unsuccessful restoration effortsbasedon poor science and policyand toward

new, ecologically sound programs for

building and preserving biodiversity.

Toby Hemenway, author of Gaias Garden

and The Permaculture City

A devastating expos of the military

industrial invasive species complex. Ben

Falk, author of The Resilient Farm and

Homestead

Chelsea Green has produced yet another

pioneering book, demonstrating how

permaculture is way ahead of conventional

land-management practices. Maddy

Harland, editor ofPermaculturemagazine


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Will Bonsalls Essential Guide to

Radical, Self-Reliant GardeningInnovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and

Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal

Inputs

By Will Bonsall

Society does not generally expect its farmers to be visionaries.

Perhaps not, but Will Bonsall possesses a clarity of vision that

extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed

saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our

world a better, more resilient place.

In Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant

Gardening, Bonsall maintains that to achieve real wealth we first

need to understand the economy of the land, to realize that things

that might make sense economically don't always make senseecologically, and vice versa.

For him the solution is, first and foremost, greater self-reliance,

especially in the areas of food and energy. What this means in

practical terms is that Bonsall draws upon the fertility of on-farm

plant materials: compost, green manures, perennial grasses, and

forest products like leaves and ramial wood chips. And he grows

and harvests a diversity of crops from both cultivated and perennial

plants: vegetables, grains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and nutseven

uncommon but useful permaculture plants like groundnut (Apios).

Bonsall imparts a wealth of knowledge drawn from his more thanforty years of farming experience. My goal, he writes, is not to

feed the world, but to feed myself and let others feed themselves. If

we all did that, it might be a good beginning.

Will Bonsallis the director of the Scatterseed Project, which he

founded to help preserve our endangered crop-plant diversity. His

first book, Through the Eyes of a Stranger(Xlibris, 2010), is an eco-novel set in a sustainable society of the future. Will lives and farms

in Industry, Maine, with his wife, Molly Thorkildsen, and two sons.

Vegan-inspired agriculture from

Americas agro-rebel

Revised Publication Date:June 2015Pages: 400

Size:8 x 10

Art Program: Color photos,illustrations throughout

Rights Held:World

If you wish to live well and eat well no

matter what is going on in the rest of the

world, this book is for you. Thresh your own

grain and press your own oil. Can't buy

seeds, no problem. Can't buy fertilizer, no

problem. Will Bonsall will help you enjoy

the good life under any and all conditions. Eliot Coleman, co-owner of Four Season

Farm and author of The New Organic

Grower

Every gardener and small farmer can

benefit from Will Bonsalls decades of

focused, quality experience. Wills book is

one of the key practical resourcesyou

should readas you reach for full

sustainable soil fertility in your garden or

farm! John Jeavons, author, executive

director of Ecology Action, and developer of

sustainable biointensive mini-farming

If you want to learn from a master, you

need this book. Janisse Ray, author of

Ecology of a Cracker Childhoodand The

Seed Underground


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The Local Economy SolutionHow Innovative, Self-Financing "Pollinator" Enterprises

Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity

By Michael Shuman

In cities and towns across the nation, economic development is at acrossroads. A growing body of evidence has proven that its current

cornerstoneincentives to attract and retain large, globally mobilebusinessesis a dead end. Even those programs that focus on local

business, through buy-local initiatives, for example, depend on ongoing

support from government or philanthropy. The entire practice of economic

development has become ineffective and unaffordable and is in need of a

makeover.

The Local Economy Solutionsuggests an alternative approach in which

states and cities nurture a new generation of enterprises that help local

businesses launch and grow. These cutting-edge companies, which

Shuman calls pollinator businesses, are creating jobs and the conditions

for future economic growth, and doing so in self-financing ways.Pollinator businesses are especially important to communities that are

struggling to lift themselves up in a period of economic austerity.

The book includes nearly two dozen case studies of successful pollinator

businessesin the United States and abroadthat are creatively

facilitating business and neighborhood improvements, entrepreneurship,

local purchasing, local investing, and profitable business partnerships.

Michael H. Shumanis an economist, attorney, author, and

entrepreneur, and a globally recognized expert on community

economics. He is one of the architects of the crowdfunding JOBS

Act signed into law by President Obama in April 2012. Hes afellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post Carbon Institute and a

founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living

Economies (BALLE). He teaches economic development at Simon

Fraser University in Vancouver. He has authored or coauthored nine

books, includingLocal Dollars, Local Sense; The Small Mart

Revolution; and Going Local. He has given an average of more than

one invited talk per week, mostly to local governments and

universities, for thirty yearsin forty-seven states and eight

countries. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows,

such as the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's Talk of the

Nation and All Things Considered, and has written nearly one

hundred articles for such periodicals as The New York Times, TheWashington Post, The Nation, The Weekly Standard,Foreign

Policy,ParadeMagazine, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Previously, he has been a W.K. Kellogg National Leadership fellow.

Sustainable economic development for

small-business success

Revised Publication Date:June 2015Pages: 248

Size:6 x 9

Rights Held:World

Shuman is the worlds most knowledgeable

cheerleader and observer of efforts to

promote local economies, and each of his

books offers essential, practical information

to advance the cause. If you have anyinterest in furthering your regions economic

resilience, this brilliant, clear book should be

at the very top of your reading list. Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at the Post

Carbon Institute

Shumans book is critically important to

anyone who cares about genuine economic

development. Michael Kinsley, manager

of Rocky Mountain Institute

Shuman is a pioneering voice for an

economic development model that issustainable and truly democratic. KevinDanaher, co-founder of Global Exchange

Shumans many followers in the new

economics movement will relish this latest

offering for its focused message, compelling

stories, and coherent vision. Diana

Chapman Walsh, president emerita of

Wellesley College


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The New Bread BasketHow the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Millers,

Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists are

Redefining Our Daily Loaf

By Amy Halloran

For more than 10,000 years, grains have been the staples of Western

civilization. The stored energy of grain allowed our ancestors to

shift from nomadic hunting and gathering and build settled

communitieseven great cities. Though most bread now comes

from factory bakeries, the symbolism of wheat and breadamber

waves of grain, the staff of lifestill carries great meaning.

Today, bread and beer are once again building community as a new

band of farmers, bakers, millers, and maltsters work to reinvent

local grain systems. The New Bread Baskettells their stories and

reveals the village that stands behind every loaf and every pint.

While eating locally grown crops like heirloom tomatoes has

become almost a clich, grains are late in arriving to local tables,

because growing them requires a lot of land and equipment. Milling,

malting, and marketing take both tools and cooperation. The New

Bread Basketreveals the bones of that cooperation, profiling the

seed breeders, agronomists, and grassroots food activists who are

collaborating with farmers, millers, bakers, and other local

producers. The people profiled in The New Bread Basketare

returning to traditional methods like long sourdough fermentations

that might address the dietary ills attributed to wheat. Their work

and lives make our foundational crops visible, and vital, again.

Amy Halloranwrites about food and agriculture for farming

newspapers, cooking websites, and regional magazines. Her

involvement in local food systems began with the Troy Waterfront

Farmers Market in upstate New York, which bloomed under her

care to a fifty-vendor year-round marketplace with more than a

thousand weekly shoppers.

If youre curious about the future of

bread, beer, or even the locavore

movement itself, this is the place tostart. Samuel Fromartz, author of In

Search of the Perfect Loaf

Publication Date:August 2015

Pages: 246

Size:6 x 9

Rights Held:World

Amy Halloran is right on target. This is

living tradition at its finest, revinvented

in an exciting, contemporary manner.

An idea whose time has comeagain. Peter Reinhart, author ofBread

Revolution

A love story about grain and the people

captivated within its embrace. It is about

community, connections, and

conversations. From the history to the

science to the passionate individuals and

organizations involved, Amys book

will open your eyes to the revelations

taking place every day in the name ofgrains. As a baker, I give Amys book

my highest recommendation. Ciril

Hitz, master bread baker and author of

Baking Artisan Bread


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The Organic Medicinal Herb FarmerThe Ultimate Guide to Producing High-Quality Herbs on a

Market Scale

By Jeff Carpenterand Melanie Carpenter

Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar

Both a business guide and a farming manual, The Organic

Medicinal Herb Farmerwill teach readers how to successfully grow

and market organic medicinal Western herbs.

Using their Zack Woods Herb Farm in Vermont as a backdrop, the

Carpenters cover all the basic practical information farmers need to

know to get an organic herb farm up and running, including:

Size and scale considerations;

Layout and design of the farm and facilities;

Growing and cultivation information, including types of tools;

Field and bed prep;

Plant propagation; Weed control, and pests and diseases;

Harvesting, as well as wild harvesting and the concept of geo-

authentic botanicals;

Postharvest processing; and,

Value-added products and marketing.

The authors also provide fifty detailed plant profiles, going deeper

into the herbs every farmer should consider growing. In an easy-to-

understand, practical, and comprehensive manner, readers will learn

how to focus on quality over quantity, and keep costs down by

innovating with existing equipment, rather than expensive

technology. Market farmers who have never before consideredgrowing medicinal herbs will learn why its more important to

produce these herbs domestically.

The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer makes a convincing case that

producing organic medicinal herbs can be a viable, profitable,

farming enterprise, as can incorporating medicinal herbs into

existing operations.

Jeffand Melanie Carpenterown and operate Zack Woods Herb

Farm in Hyde Park, Vermont. A former apprentice of Rosemary

Gladstars, Jeff now partners with her in hosting the International

Herb Symposium.

Grow your own medicine

Publication Date:May 2015Pages: 416

Size:8 x 10Art Program: 250 photos

Rights Held:World

With more than 20 years experience in the

field and running Zack Woods Herb Farm in

Vermont, the Carpenters explain

successfully all aspects of the organic

medicinal herb industry. Written for small-scale herb farmers, this book is also useful

for the home fardener with an interest in

medicinal herbs and organic gardening.

Library Journal

Rocks with practical insights for growing

healing herbs andmaking a viable living.

Locally grown medicine will be embraced

by local food movements as more

community herbalists get the word out.

Michael Phillips, author of The HolisticOrchard

Seasoned and novice growers alike will

find a mother lode of information andwisdom packed into this gem of a book!

Anyone interested in growing or using

medicinal herbs will reap the benefits of Jeff

and Mels meticulous research and hard won

expertise in the field and marketplace.

Nancy Phillips, author of The Herbalists

Way


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The New Livestock FarmerThe Business of Raising and Selling Ethical Meat

By Rebecca Thistlethwaiteand Jim Dunlop

Foreword by Nicolette Hahn Niman and Bill Niman

How can anyone from a backyard hobbyist to a large-scale rancher

go about raising and selling ethically produced meats directly to

consumers, restaurants, and butcher shops? With the rising

consumer interest in grass-fed, pasture-raised, and antibiotic-free

meats, how can farmers most effectively tap into those markets and

become more profitable? The New Livestock Farmerprovides

pasture-based production essentials for a wide range of animals,

from common farm animals (cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep, and goats)

to more exotic species (bison, rabbits, elk, and deer).

Each species chapter discusses the unique requirements of that

animal, then delves into the steps it takes to prepare and get them tomarket. Profiles of more than fifteen meat producers highlight some

of the creative ways these innovative farmers are raising animals

and direct-marketing superior-quality meats.

In addition, the book contains information on a variety of vital

topics:

Slaughtering and butchering logistics, including on-farm and

mobile processing options and sample cutting sheets;

Packaging, labeling, and cold-storage considerations;

Principled marketing practices; and

Financial management, pricing, and other business essentials.

Rebecca Thistlethwaiteruns Sustain Consulting, which specializes

in food and farm issues, working with both nongovernmental

organizations and for-profit businesses. Her website

is http://rebeccathistlethwaite.com . Rebecca also operates a small

farm and a community farm stand in Oregon with her husband and

coauthor, Jim Dunlop, and their daughter, Fiona. They previously

owned TLC Ranch in Watsonville, California, where they raised

organic, pastured livestock and poultry, selling to direct markets

across Northern California. Jim Dunlopworks as a horticultural

research manager for a progressive fruit orchard in the Columbia

River Gorge.

With information on cattle, pigs, poultry,

sheep, and goats, and exotics like bison,

rabbits, elk, and deer

Publication Date:June 2015

Pages: 336

Size:7.5 x 9.5

Art Program: 45 color photos, 15illustrations

Rights Held:World

Great practical advice on choosing the

species to raise, humane treatment, and

marketing. Informative chapters on

processing, regulations, and starting a

business. Temple Grandin, author ofHumane Livestock Handling and Improving

Animal Welfare

Is what my father Wendell Berry would

call the best of books because it is a tool. It

fills a cultural need, and will give beginning

farmers just the information they need, just

the way they need it. Mary Berry,

executive director of The Berry Center

Responsible and healthful meatconsumption starts on the farm, literally

from the ground up, with solid and ethical

animal husbandry practices. The New

Livestock Farmerprovides a clearunderstanding of how to achieve fulfilling

and delicious results. Adam Danforth,

author ofButchering Beef andButchering

Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork

If youve ever wanted to know what it

takes to raise, market, and sell animal

products, The New Livestock Farmeris thebook for you. Carrie Balkcom, executive

director of American Grassfed Association


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What We Think About When We (Try

Not To) Think About Global WarmingTowards a New Psychology of Climate Action

A prescription for change

By Per Espen Stoknes

In What We Think About When We (Try Not To) Think About Global

Warming, Stoknes not only masterfully identifies the five main

psychological barriers to climate action, but addresses them with

five strategies for how to talk about global warming in a way that

creates action and solutions, not further inaction and despair.

These strategies work with, rather than against, human nature. They

are social, positive, and simplemaking climate-friendly behaviors

easy and convenient. They are also story-based, to help add meaning

and create community, and include the use of signals, or indicators,

to gauge feedback and be constantly responsive.

Whether you are working on the front lines of the climate issue,

immersed in the science, trying to make policy or educate the

public, or just an average person trying to make sense of the

cognitive dissonance or grapple with frustration over this looming

issue, What We Think About When We (Try Not To) Think About

Global Warmingmoves beyond the psychological barriers that

block progress and opens new doorways to social and personal

transformation.

Per Espen Stoknesis a psychologist and an economist. An

entrepreneur, he has cofounded clean-energy companies, and

he spearheads the BI Norwegian Business Schools executive

program on green growth. He has previously worked both as a

clinical and organizational psychologist and as an advisor in

scenario planning to a wide range of major national and

international businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit

institutions. His research interests include climate and

environmental strategies, economic psychology, and

energy systems. Teaching areas include green growth, foresight and

corporate strategy, behavioral economics and expressive arts. He

has written three books, includingMoney and Soul. He lives in

Oslo, Norway.

With a foreword by Jorgen Randers,

international bestselling author of 2052

Publication Date:April 2015

Pages: 320

Size:6 x 9

Rights Held:World

Stoknes has done a service for readers

alarmed or concerned about global warming.

He provides helpful strategies for accepting

and dealing with their own reactions to theevidence, reducing carbon footprints, and

influencing others to do likewise. Library

Journal

Stoknes, a Norweigan psychologist and

economist, addresses the polarized

American debate over anthropogenic climate

change, observing how it has devolved into

a deterioriating and desperate spiral. He

introduces a new aspect to the discussion,

focusing not on the phenomenons causes or

consequences, but peoples responses to it,

including how they think, what they do, andhow they live in the world. Publishers

Weekly

Navigates the obstacles and collective

denial of climate change. In every way this

is a book full of new perspectives and

insights. George Marshall, author of

Dont Even Think About It


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The Social Profit HandbookThe Essential Guide for Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes,

and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations

By David Grant

The Social Profit Handbookoffers those who lead, govern, and

support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to

assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than

merely judge past performance.

Drawing upon decades of leadership in schools and the foundation

and nonprofit worlds, author David Grant offers strategiesfrom

creating mission time to planning backwards to constructing

qualitative assessment rubricsthat help organizations take

assessment back into their own hands, and improve their work as a

result. His insights, illustrated by numerous case studies, make this

book a unique organizational development tool for a wide range ofnonprofit organizations, as well as emerging mission-based social

venture businesses, such as low-profit corporations and B Corps.

The Social Profit Handbookpresents assessment and evaluation not

as ends in themselves but as the path toward achieving what matters

most in the social sector. The result: more benefits to

society and stronger, more unified, more effective organizations

prepared to make the world a better place.

David Grantis the former president and CEO of the Geraldine R.

Dodge Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey, where he was

responsible for development and evaluation of programs in thefoundations major areas of giving (Arts, Education, and

Environment), as well as the foundations major initiatives (Poetry

and Nonprofit Capacity Building). Grant now consults with people

and organizations that have a social or educational mission,

specializing in strategic planning, design of assessment systems, and

board development. During his years at the Dodge Foundation,

Grant delivered over a hundred keynote addresses on a range of

topics, led workshops titled Measuring What Matters for over two

hundred nonprofit organizations, and received numerous awards.He

has served as chair of the board of the Council of New Jersey

Grantmakers and a member of the board of directors of the Surdna

Foundation. He is currently a trustee of three social profit (formerlycalled nonprofit) organizations.

How to measure success for mission-driven

businesses and organizations

Publication Date:March 2015

Pages: 192

Size:6 x 9

Art Program: 30 rubricsRights Held:World

Grant has produced a book that belongs

on the shelves of every political and

social leader interested in translatinggoals to success. Peter Welch,

congressman in U.S. House of

Representatives

It has been my good fortune to help

launch and run about a dozen mission-

driven organizations over the past

several decades. When I finished

Grants wonderful new book, one

thought eclipsed all the others. Damn, I

thought, I sure wish I had had this guide

all those years! What a blessing thatwould have been! James Gustave

Speth, author ofAngels by the River

This is essential reading for mission-

driven leaders dedicated to constantly

improving their work. Adam

Werbach, co-founder of Yerdle and

former president of Sierra Club


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The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

CookbookFresh-from-the-Garden Recipes for Gatherings Large and

Small

By Olivia Rathboneand the OAECThe Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Cookbookis a beautifully

illustrated collection of 200 unique and delicious vegetarian recipes

from the renowned California-based farm, educational retreat

center, and eco-thinktank.

With sample seasonal menus to inspire cooks throughout the

year, The OAEC Cookbookoffers a wide range of recipes such as:

Carrot and Chamomile Soup, Summer Squash Ribbons with Purple

Shiso, Roasted Asparagus and Nettle Risotto with Pea Tendrils, and

Pepita-Encrusted Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese and

Mint. There are cold vegetable plates for warm summer picnics, and

readers will learn how to create delicious salad dressing recipes forgarden-fresh greens, including Loquat Ginger, Golden Tomato

Cumin, and Preserved Lemon Brine. There are comfort foods like

pots of savory Biodiversity Beans and Winter Sourdough Pizza, and

warming snacks like Toasted Hazelnuts with Thyme. Readers can

top a plate of veggie sides with a generous dollop of one of OAECs

famous sauces and pestos, and learn how to infuse their own Honey

Syrups for homemade cocktails. Last but not least, delicious

standout desserts like Fresh Fruit Fools, a Dark Roast Winter

Squash Tart with Hazelnut Crust, or the Cardamom-Rose-Plum

Bars.

This informative cookbook will help gardeners find new ways tocook with their vegetables, farmers market shoppers looking to

expand their repertoire, home cooks who want to cook healthy for

their family or host a big dinner party, chefs looking for inspired

recipes using weeds and perennial fruits and vegetables, and

community-based organizations who cook for crowds on a regular

basis.

Olivia Rathbonecurrently manages the dynamic kitchen at OAEC

and has tended the vibrant hearth of the community from the garden

to the table for over a decade. Life-long farmer and cook, she

orchestrates the inventive meals inspired by seasonal produce from

the OAEC Mother Garden. Formerly, she directed vocationaleducation programs and authored curriculum projects in the culinary

arts and holistic health in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With a foreword by acclaimed chef

Alice Waters

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The gardens and kitchen of the OAEC are

magical places which have been nourishing

and inspiring visitors there (including

myself) for decades. This compilation of

recipes from their kitchen opens this magic

to a broader audience of people looking to

cultivate values like sustainability,

seasonality, and wholesome goodness intotheir kitchens. Sandor Ellix Katz, author

of The Art of Fermentation

The OAEC is one of the most successful

and established permaculture sites in the

world. This cookbook introduces readers to

their work and their irresistible cuisine.

Want to learn how to cook gorgeous,

healthy, delicious food from your

permaculture garden? This book is for you.

Eric Toensmeier, author ofParadise Lot

andPerennial Vegetables

Reading this book and cooking theserecipes will transport you to a magical place,

where deep and important work is being

done, beautiful and delicious food is being

cooked, and the earth is being healed in a

thousand ways each and every day.

Jessica Prentice, author ofFull Moon Feast

and co-founder of Three Stone Hearth

Community Supported Kitchen


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The Community-Scale Permaculture

FarmThe D Acres Model for Creating and Managing an

Ecologically Designed Educational Center

With practical examples of alternative building, renewable energy,

holistic forestry, no-till gardening, hospitality management,

community outreach, and more

By Josh Trought

For almost twenty years, D Acres has challenged and expanded the

common definition of a farm. As an educational center that

researches, applies, and teaches skills of sustainable living and

small-scale organic farming, D Acres serves more than just a single

function to its community. By turns it is a hostel for travelers to

northern New England, a training center for everything from metal-

and woodworking to cob building and seasonal cooking, a gatheringplace for music, poetry, joke-telling, and potluck meals, and much

more.

From working with oxen to working with a board of directors, no

other book contains such a wealth of innovative ideas and ways to

make your farm or homestead not only more sustainable, but more

inclusive of, and beneficial to, the larger community. Readers will

find information on such subjects as:

Working with pigs to transform forested landscapes into

arable land;

Designing and building unique, multifunctional farm and

community spaces using various techniques and materials; Creating and perpetuating diverse revenue streams to keep

your farm organization solvent and resilient;

Receiving maximum benefits and yields for the farm

without denigrating resources or the regional ecology;

Implementing a fair and effective governance structure;

Constructing everything from solar dehydrators and cookers

to treehouses and ponds; and,

Connecting and partnering with the larger community

beyond the farm.

Emphasizing collaboration, cooperation, and mutualism, this book

promises to inspire a new generation of growers, builders,educators, artists, and dreamers who are seeking new and practical

ways to address todays problems on a community scale.

Josh Troughthelped to found D Acres of New Hampshire in 1997,

and today serves as its director. Currently he is a member of the

Artistic Roots co-op in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and serves as

treasurer of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District.

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D Acres co-founder Trought provides a

comprehensive blueprint for creating an

environmentally and culturally balanced

community homestead and shares some of the

economic and organizational experiments heand his collaborators have tried over the years.

An immensely useful guidebook for organic

farmers, cohousing advocates, and anyone

interested in learning about a place wheresustainability is truly possible. Booklist

One cannot discuss sustainable agriculture

without considering its community context,

nor vice versa. Trought has given a lot of

thought to both, and his experience and

observations are well worth sharing. Ivevisited D Acres and been very impressed at

the depth of its vision, which is clearly

expressed throughout the book. Will

Bonsall, author of Will Bonsalls Essential

Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening

What I love about the D Acres model is that

from the start, their intent was to experiment

AND share the learning. Thats exactly what

this book does, describing the philosophical

and historical roots of collective living and

permaculture, as well as the day-to-day workof growing and building, all with clear and

compelling storytelling. Tim Traver, author

of Sippewissett


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The Nourishing HomesteadOne Back-to-the Land Family's Plan for Cultivating Soil,

Skills, and Spirit

A way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live

the good life

By Ben Hewittand Penny Hewitt

The Nourishing Homesteadtells the story of how we can create

truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land,

nature, and one another.

Ben and Penny (and their two sons) maintain copious gardens,

dozens of fruit and nut trees and other perennial plantings, as well as

a pick-your-own blueberry patch. In addition to these cultivated

food crops, they also forage for wild edibles, process their own

meat, make their own butter, and ferment, dry, and can their own

vegetables. Their focus is to produce nutrient-dense foods fromvibrant, mineralized soils for themselves and their immediate

community. They are also committed to sharing the traditional skills

that support their family, helping them be self-sufficient and thrive

in these uncertain times.

Much of what the Hewitts are attempting on their homestead is to

close the gaps that economic separation has created in our health,

spirit, and skills. Their story is reminiscent of The Good Life, by

Helen and Scott Nearing, and is sure to inspire a new generation of

homesteaders, or anyone seeking a simpler way of life and a deeper

connection to the world.

Benand Penny Hewittlive in Cabot, Vermont with their sons Fin

and Rye. Over the past 17 years, the Hewitt family has transformed

an over-grazed pasture and neglected woodlot into a thriving

homestead, producing an abundance of nutrient dense food in

biologically active soils. Utilizing a combination of permaculture

design, wildcrafting, and small-scale regenerative agriculture they

call practiculture, the Hewitt family raises and forages better than

90% of their calories, with a focus on pastured meats, healthy fats,

and fermented vegetables. They also produce all of their lumber and

firewood, and practice traditional land skills such as hide tanning

and basket making. Ben is the author of four other books,

including The Town That Food SavedandHome Grown. He alsoblogs at www.benhewitt.net.

The Good Lifefor the 21stCentury

Publication Date:January 2015

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The belief in nourishment in all aspects

Ben calls it practicultureof their lives,

including dealing with modern-day stuff and

raising children creates a running thread

throughout the book. While it is information-

dense, a conversational tone and practical tips

make this text a terrific resource forhomesteaders at all levels. Library Journal

Inspring and informative. A brilliant union oftheory and practice. Shannon Hayes, author

of The Radical Homemaker

If Waldenwere a how-to book and updated

for the twenty-first century, The Nourishing

Homesteadwould be it. The practical

usefulness of this book is hard to overstate;

the Hewitts have written a manual girded by

direct experience alone, not ideologya true

rarity. Ben Falk, author of The ResilientFarm and Homestead

The Nourishing Homesteadis just perfect for

young families embarking on a homestead

way of life. The rich detail of information on

how to make small scale farming work

successfully rings with genuine knowhow and

conviction. Gene Logsdon, author of GeneEverlasting


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A Man ApartBill Coperthwaites Radical Experiment in Living

By Peter Forbesand Helen Whybrow

A Man Apartis the storypart family memoir and part biography

of Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrows longtime friendship with BillCoperthwaite (A Handmade Life), whose unusual life and fierce

ideals helped them examine and understand their own.

Coperthwaite inspired many by living close to nature and in

opposition to contemporary society, and was often compared to

Henry David Thoreau. Much like Helen and Scott Nearing, who

were his friends and mentors, Coperthwaite led a 55-year-long

experiment in living on a remote stretch of Maine coast.

In this intimate and honest accountframed by Coperthwaites

sudden death and brought alive through the month-long adventure

of building with him what would turn out to be his last yurtForbesand Whybrow explore the timeless lessons of Coperthwaites

experiment in intentional living and self-reliance.

Peter Forbeshas become a leader for the American conservation

movement by creating a life in conservation as photographer, writer,

and storyteller about the relationship between people and place. He

is the co-editor of Our Land, Ourselves, author of The Great

Rememberingand What Is a Whole Community, and co-author of

Coming to Land in a Troubled World, and collaborated with

William Coperthwaite as the photographer forA Handmade Life.

You can learn more about him at Peterforbes.org.

Helen Whybrows life as an educator, farmer, and writer follows a

career in book publishing, where she was most recently an acquiring

editor for W. W. Norton and the publisher of their Countryman

Press imprint. She left publishing to cofound, with Peter Forbes,

what became a nationally recognized place of learning and change-

makingCenter for Whole Communitiesat their home place of

Knoll Farm in central Vermont. She is the editor ofDead Reckoningand co-editor of Our Land, Ourselves and The Story Handbook,

among other works. You can learn more about their farm and

ongoing projects at www.knollfarm.org.

A story of friendship and the quest

to design a better world

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Forbes and Whybrow have crafted an

inspiring biography, complete with

photographs and architectural drawings, of a

man treasured as both a close friend and a

mentor. The authors capture the full

spectrum of this sometimes curmudgeonly

mans gregariousness, resourcefulness, and

optimism. This reverent memoirwill helpkeep his environmental ideals alive.

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Two remarkable people writing about athird remarkable manand full of lessons

for the ordinary rest of us. This is a lovelyand important book. Bill McKibben,

author ofDeep Economy

A great achievement of Forbes and

Whybrow inA Man Apartis to convey the

complexity of this strong-minded life fully

and honestly. Such an approach makes their

reflections on love, struggle, and grief all the

more powerful. John Elder, author of

Reading the Mountains of Home

Explore your misunderstandings to your

advantage, advises Zen master Dogen.A

Man Apartdoes exactly that. This is a

beautifully raw account of loving grief,

instructive failure, and steadfast allegiance

to an utter planetary necessity: major

cultural transformation. David James

Duncan, author of The River Whyand The

Brothers K

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