Best Alternative Agriculture Books – Barakah Heritage Farm

Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security

Barakah Farm StaffOct 10, 20180

The earth is in great peril, due to the corporatization of agriculture, the rising climate crisis, and the ever-increasing levels of global poverty, starvation, and

Small-Scale Grain Raising: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers, 2nd Edition

Barakah Farm StaffSep 25, 20180

First published in 1977, this book—from one of America’s most famous and prolific agricultural writers—became an almost instant classic among homestead gardeners and small farmers.

How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You … (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains,)

Barakah Farm StaffMay 19, 20180

Decades before the terms “eco-friendly” and “sustainable growing” entered the vernacular, How to Grow More Vegetables demonstrated that small-scale, high-yield, all-organic gardening methods could yield

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)

Barakah Farm StaffMar 14, 20180

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

Barakah Farm StaffNov 25, 20170

Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book", Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge

Weedless Gardening

Barakah Farm StaffNov 21, 20170

Conventional wisdom says to garden from the bottom up, turning over the soil every spring until your back aches. Ironically, this does such a good

One-Straw Revolutionary: The Philosophy and Work of Masanobu Fukuoka

Barakah Farm StaffNov 18, 20190

One-Straw Revolutionary represents the first commentary on the work of the late Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008), widely considered to be

Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth

Barakah Farm StaffSep 27, 20190

Everyone loves to prepare a meal with ingredients fresh from their own garden. But for most of us, no matter how plentiful our harvest, homegrown

Maximizing Your Mini Farm: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Barakah Farm StaffNov 9, 20180

Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition

Barakah Farm StaffJan 20, 2019February 4, 20190

If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is