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John Munsell

John Munsell is an associate professor and forest management extension specialist at Virginia Tech. His background is in sociology and natural resource management. He also is associate editor of the journal Agroforestry Systems and has served as a reviewer for New York City Museum of Natural History, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. John teaches agroforestry and permaculture at Virginia Tech. He has worked with communities from Appalachia to Cameroon to study agroforestry implementation and associated…

Books by John Munsell

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Sarah Myhill

Dr Sarah Myhill qualified in medicine (with Honours) from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1981 and has since focused tirelessly on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health problems, especially the ‘diseases of civilisation’ with which we are beset in the West. She has worked in NHS and private practice, latterly as a naturopathic doctor, and for 17 years was the Hon Secretary of the British Society for Ecological Medicine, which focuses on the causes of disease and treating through diet, supplements and avoiding…

Books by Sarah Myhill

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalitis The Sustainable Medicine cover The PK Cookbook cover The Infection Game cover The Energy Equation cover The Green Mother cover The Paleo-Ketogenic cover The Underactive Thyroid cover The Ecological Medicine

Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. He holds the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Arizona Southwest Center, where he works with students, faculty, and non-profits to build a more just, nutritious, sustainable, and climate-resilient foodshed spanning the US/Mexico border. He’s also the author of numerous books, including Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land, Renewing America’s Food Traditions, and Chasing…

Books by Gary Paul Nabhan

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Allan Nation

Allan Nation served as the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer magazine from 1977 until his death in November, 2016. Begun in 1947, it was Mississippi’s oldest farm publication. Based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, The Stockman Grass Farmer is an international publication that covers management-intensive grassland enterprises for producers of pasture-raised livestock. This includes stocker cattle, grass finished beef and lamb, and pasture-based dairying. It is the only monthly publication in North America devoted solely to management-intensive grassland farming in all its aspects. The…

Books by Allan Nation

The Grassfed to Finish cover The Knowledge Rich Ranching cover The Creating a Family Business cover The Quality Pasture cover

John Navazio

John Navazio breeds genetically resilient, open-pollinated leafy greens and root crops for regenerative farming practices at Johnny’s Selected Seeds in Maine. His crops include carrots, onions, radicchio, purple-sprouting broccoli, and Swiss chard. John’s work focuses on developing varieties with robust, vigorous growth, broad resistance to disease and environmental stress, and superior culinary quality. He also concentrates on increasing the reproductive vitality of his varieties and their ability to produce good seed yields. To that end, he works with a diverse group of organic seed growers…

Books by John Navazio

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Helen Nearing

Helen Nearing left city life with her husband, Scott, nearly sixty years ago to move first to Vermont and then to their farm in Harborside, Maine. The Nearings’ food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. Helen is the author of Wise Words for the Good Life: A Homesteader’s Personal Collection, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, Simple Food for the Good Life, and co-author (with Scott Nearing) of The Maple Sugar Book.

Books by Helen Nearing

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Scott Nearing

Scott Nearing was one of the great social critics and humanitarians of the 20th century. Known throughout the world as the progenitors of the “back to the land” movement, the Nearings combined pragmatism and vision to create a blend now being celebrated by new generations of readers.

Books by Scott Nearing

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Helena Norberg-Hodge

Helena Norberg-Hodge has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for four decades. She is the Director of the non-profit Local Futures, producer and co-director of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and the author of Local is Our Future and the inspirational classic, Ancient Futures. She was honored with the Right Livelihood Award (or ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’) for her groundbreaking work in Ladakh, India, and received the 2012 Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological…

Books by Helena Norberg-Hodge

The Ancient Futures The Local Is Our Future cover

Karl North

Karl North, after his graduate work in social anthropology and ecology, learned and practiced subsistence agriculture in the French Pyrenees. With his wife Jane, he built and has operated Northland Sheep Dairy since 1980. He completed three years of training as an educator in Holistic Management in 2004. His articles on the themes of holism and sustainability in agriculture have appeared in NOFA periodicals.

Books by Karl North

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Carolyn Nuttal

Carolyn Nuttal and Janet Millington (coauthor) are experienced primary school teachers and permaculturists in Queensland, Australia. This is the culmination of many years, teaching in and out of the classroom, of practical gardening experience, and learning how best to integrate the outdoor classroom with all levels of curriculum.

Books by Carolyn Nuttal