Gene Logsdon has become something of a rabble-rouser in progressive farm circles, stirring up debates and controversies with his popular New Farm Magazine column, The Contrary Farmer. One of Logsdon’s principle contrarieties is the opinion that–popular images of the vanishing American farmer, notwithstanding–greater numbers of people in the U.S. will soon be growing and raising…
Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of Living the Good Life and many other bestselling books, lived together for 53 years until Scott’s death at age 100. Loving and Leaving the Good Life is Helen’s testimonial to their life together and to what they stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace. In 1932, after deciding…
