Books by Gene Logsdon

  • The Contrary Farmer

  • Gene Logsdon
  • Paperback
  • Gene Logsdon combines vegetable gardening, raising livestock, pastures, grains and woodlots to create “cottage farming”—for fun and profit. Logsdon’s ebullient sense of humor and devotion to the land are apparent through stories and anecdotes about contrary farming.

  • Good Spirits

  • A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol
  • Gene Logsdon
  • Paperback
  • Gene brings us back to the history, traditions, and pleasures of small-scale, do-it-yourself alcohol.

  • Living at Nature's Pace

  • Farming & the American Dream
  • Gene Logsdon
  • Paperback
  • The Contrary Farmer revisits the state of farming in America with good sense and regret for what might have been. Along the way, he gives us good pointers for getting back to an authentic way of living in harmony with the Earth.

Chelsea Green Author Gene Logsdon

Gene Logsdon Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He is one of the clearest and most original voices of rural America. He has published more that a dozen books; his Chelsea Green books include Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary Farmer.