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Year of plenty : one suburban family, four rules, and 365 days of homegrown adventure in pursuit of Christian living / Craig Goodwin.

Title
Year of plenty : one suburban family, four rules, and 365 days of homegrown adventure in pursuit of Christian living / Craig Goodwin.
Author
Goodwin, Craig (Craig L.)
Publication
Minneapolis : Sparkhouse Press, c2011.

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Description
xii, 219 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
A young family took on a year-long experiment in 2008 to consume only what was local, used, homegrown, or homemade. In the process they learn about simple living, going green, and how their Chrisitan faith, environment, and everyday life come together.
Uniform Title
Environmental Information Services Collection.
Subject
  • Goodwin family
  • Goodwin, Craig
  • Christian biography
  • Christian life
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The winter of our discontent -- Food with a face on it -- A beautiful catastrophe -- Reading the signs -- This commodified life -- The kingdom of God is like a farmers' marker -- Bringing down the world economy -- Close encounters of the gardening kind -- Master food preserver/Master of Divinity -- Chicken dignity -- Green Christians -- Thailand and global economics -- A new year -- A little life -- Appendix A. A brief explanation of my obsession with Wendell Berry -- Appendix B. Plant with purpose -- Appendix C. How to turn your lawn into a vegetable garden and other random gardening advice -- Appendix D. How to raise chickens in your backyard -- Appendix E. The basics of home food preservation.
ISBN
  • 9781451400748 (alk. paper)
  • 1451400748 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011003710
OCLC
  • 670485123
  • SCSB-12128202
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library