A Little Bit of Land
eBook - ePub

A Little Bit of Land

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Little Bit of Land

About this book

From midwifing new lambs to harvesting basil, Jessica Gigot invites the reader into her life on a small farm and the uncommon road that led her there. Fascinated by farming and the burgeoning local food movement, she spent her twenties wandering the Pacific Northwest, interning at small farms and doing graduate work in horticulture, always with an eye towards learning as much as she could about how and why people farm. Despite numerous setbacks and the many challenges of farming, she created a family and farm life defined by resilience and a genuine love of the land.   

In A Little Bit of Land, Gigot explores the intricacies of small-scale agriculture in the Pacific Northwest and the changing role of women in this male-dominated industry. Gigot alternates between chapters describing joys, routines, and challenges of farm life and chapters reflecting on her formative experiences in agriculture, on farms and in classrooms from Ashland to the Skagit Valley. Throughout, she explores questions of sustainability, economics, health, and food systems.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. A Note about Memoir
  6. Wind
  7. The Eastside, 2001
  8. Soil
  9. Applegate Valley, 2002
  10. Animal
  11. Lopez Island, 2003
  12. Water
  13. Skagit Valley, 2003
  14. Fire
  15. Willamette Valley, 2006
  16. Sheep
  17. Skagit Valley, 2008
  18. Milk
  19. Swinomish Reservation, 2011
  20. Moon
  21. Skagit Valley, 2019
  22. Acknowledgments