Books

The farmer’s role is to conduct the symphony of plants and soil. In this book, learn how to coax the most out of your plants by providing the best ...

Find it cheaper on Amazon? Let us know before you buy! We will match prices on all Acres U.S.A. titles. By ignoring the truth, ag-chemical enthusia...

A practical guide to interpreting soil test results for farmers and other stewards of the earth wanting to understand what nutrients are available ...

Now available in English for the first time, this popular 1943 treatise on biology and biologically correct working of soil from the pen of the fam...

Fletcher Sims has certainly earned his title as the "Dean of Composting." Interspersed with practical anecdotes from decades of personal experience...

In this book, eco-agriculture is explained — from the tiniest molecular building blocks to managing the soil — in terminology that not only makes t...

Composting has long been the backbone of a more nature-friendly, healthy form of gardening and farming. Compost Revolution brings a true revolution...

“Low biological activity is inherent in each weed problem ... Each weed is keyed to a specific environment slotted for its proliferation.” So says ...

In an organic garden, plants in optimum health thrive abundantly, have harvests with amazing taste, and have the ability to fight off plant predato...

What is the most important plant in the world? In terms of nutritive content, function within the ecosystem, and even medicinal properties, the ans...

Maynard Murray was a medical doctor who researched the crucial importance of minerals — especially trace elements — to plants and animals. Beginnin...

In this fascinating book, Charles Walters examines Murray's career and the amazing successes that growers have experienced with his methods, as wel...

A resurgence of interest in heritage poultry breeds has invigorated poultry raising on family farms and backyards across the country. These are the...

Charles Walters is the founder and executive editor of Acres U.S.A., the monthly magazine of ecological agriculture. He recognized the national and...

Subtitle: The Missing Ingredient to Disrupt Climate Change is in the Trash We know the dire situation: Due to industrial agriculture and the overu...

Dr. Paul Dettloff’s Complete Guide to Raising Animals Organically is a hands-on reference for anyone at any level of experience who is interested i...

This in-depth, multi-authored work originally published in France takes readers deep into traditional world of shepherds. Far from a nostalgic glim...

Do you know how to grow super soybeans? Learn how bacteria helps your crop grow better. Learn how to drought-proof your soil. Learn whether herbici...

Natural Cattle Care encompasses every facet of farm management, from the mineral components of the soils cattle graze over, to issues of fencing, s...

Dr. Richard Olree believes that the key to the biological role of all trace minerals has been available to science for decades, but nobody realized...

Translated into English for the first time! Author Caroline Pfützner introduces us to terra preta, or black earth of the Amazon, what is considered...

Learn to heal your cattle by treating the cause and not the symptoms. Holistic veterinarian Richard “Doc” Holliday is here to share the secrets he'...

In this concise monograph, Newman Turner sought to "bring within the reach of the farmer a solution to his disease problems in a way in which drug ...

Written as a companion to the bestseller, Restoration Agriculture, this book will help farmers capture water in areas they want to, and avoid havin...

This book is a preview of what is being created from almost six decades of Washington’s tinkering with the foodbelt. This is the story of debt, age...

Parenting was never easy. While loving, teaching and nourishing children, parents also seek to protect them from harm. The past few generations, ho...

Around the globe most people get their calories from “annual” agriculture — plants that grow fast for one season, produce lots of seeds, then die. ...

Essential information for anyone whose operation depends on growing forage grasses. Learn how to establish a healthy stand. Is high potassium neces...

This book represents the combined experience and wisdom of two leaders in sustainable cattle production. Gearld Fry offers a lifetime of practical ...

This volume is a timely and worthy addition to the preceding Albrecht Papers. Those who read it will be inspired to spread the word about the logic...

This book demolishes the mythology on which toxic chemical agriculture has been built. Dr. Dan Skow’s teacher was the late Dr. Carey Reams, and the...

In this breakthrough work — now available in English for the first time — the independent German-Norwegian explorer of soil life, graduate permacul...

Albrecht was the premier soil scientist and was dismayed by the rapid chemicalization of farming that followed WWII. This book is a well-organized ...

Since the middle of the last century, American farm policy has taken the nation into the dead end of industrial farm production and food distributi...

In Fertility Pastures, Turner details his methods of intensive pasture-based production of beef and dairy cows in a practical guide to profitable, ...

Biological farmers work with nature, feeding soil life, balancing soil minerals and tilling soils with a purpose. The methods they apply involve a ...

An AcresUSA Classic! Dung beetles have always been nature’s greatest recyclers — in a way, they were the first organic farmers. They were also the ...

This a concise, yet complete handbook for starting a successful organic farm based on the community-supported agriculture concept. Written for farm...

We don’t need to poison the earth in order to grow better food, and what is harmful to the environment when improperly disposed of often can be tur...

In this comprehensive guide for all breeders of sheep, whether for wool, meat or milk, Pat Coleby draws on decades of experience in natural animal ...

NEW UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON... Part of the joy and wonder of farming lies in the changing of the seasons: planting, calving, tilling, milking, ...

Ask the Plant, based on the agronomy of "K." Chandler, offers farmers and growers a better way to grow plants that involves reading the unique lang...

Learn how plants and insects communicate through emissions in the infrared frequency range and why poisonous pesticides do not solve the real probl...

This book was the first work to attack Von Liebig’s salt fertilizer thesis, and it stands as valid today as when first written over 100 years ago. ...

The Healing of Horses – Carrie Eastman’s latest book – is a guide for unique ways to determine the health of your horse, and holistic ways to prev...

In these times of ecological peril, looming agricultural production problems, and creeping human health disaster it behooves all farmers and eaters...

Goats thrive on fully organic natural care. As natural browsers, they have higher mineral requirements than other domestic animals, so diet is a cr...

Callahan's life story unfolds here along with the development of his unique blend of science, natural philosophy and spirituality. Recounting incid...