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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 than two dozen books; his Chelsea Green books include Small-Scale Grain Raising (Second Edition), Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary Farmer. He writes a popular blog at OrganicToBe.org, is a regular contributor to Farming magazine and The Draft Horse Journal, and writes an award-winning weekly column in the Carey, Ohio Progressor Times.
Gene's Upcoming Events
- Gene Logsdon at Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland OH 44106-1706 September 24, 2010, 2:00 pmGene Logsdon will be the opening speaker for the RIPE festival being held at the Cleveland Botanical Garden the weekend of September 24- 26. - Gene Logsdon at Buckeye Book Fair
205 W Liberty St, Wooster OH November 6, 2010, 9:30 amGene will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Holy Shit, at the Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio.
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Gene's Books
 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.  A New Look at Ol' Demon AlcoholGene brings us back to the history, traditions, and pleasures of small-scale, do-it-yourself alcohol.  Farming & the American DreamThe 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.  An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Local FarmersMore and more Americans are seeking out locally grown foods, yet one of the real stumbling blocks to their efforts has been finding local sources for grains, which are grown mainly on large, distant corporate farms. At the same time, commodity prices for grains—and the products made from them—have skyrocketed due to rising energy costs and increased demand. In this book, Gene Logsdon proves that anyone who has access to a large garden or small farm can (and should) think outside the agribusiness box and learn to grow healthy whole grains or beans—the base of our culinary food pyramid—alongside their fruits and vegetables.  Managing Manure To Save Mankind With his trademark humor, his years of experience writing about both farming and waste management, and his uncanny eye for the small but important details, Logsdon artfully describes how to manage farm manure, pet manure and human manure to make fertilizer and humus.
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