From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens

pages from From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens book

Handwriting of book title and cover painting by Anna Emilia Laitinen. Other images above (from left to right, top to bottom) by Annamaria Potamiti, Katrina Rodabaugh, Abby Powell Thompson, Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison.

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From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens features writing from 11 authors, and photos and illustrations from 21 artists.

The authors remember activities, people, and places that shape(d) their appreciation for small scale food production and processing. Beginner small scale farmers, a young jam making entrepreneur, a scientist, poets, and artists recollect exploring grandparents’ gardens, gleaning walnuts from a walnut orchard, studying honeybee colony collapse disorder, planting garlic, and more.

The book is 84 pages and includes 37 beautiful photos and illustrations. It is offset printed in full color on 100% recycled PCF paper in a limited edition of 1000.

After 500 books have sold, $500 will be donated to the Seed Savers Exchange. For each book sold beyond 500, $2 will go to the American Farmland Trust.

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