Growing a farmer how I learned to live off the land

A former Seattle urbanite and restaurateur describes the realities of establishing a profitable farm on Vashon Island, his growing awareness of the relationship between food and its sources, and the specifics of making cheese, raising cows, and slaughtering pigs.

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Main Author: Timmermeister, Kurt
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:A former Seattle urbanite and restaurateur describes the realities of establishing a profitable farm on Vashon Island, his growing awareness of the relationship between food and its sources, and the specifics of making cheese, raising cows, and slaughtering pigs.
Physical Description:335 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393070859 (hardcover)
0393070859 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Kurt Timmermeister was a successful restaurateur in Seattle before buying farmland on Vashon Island in 1991. Originally four acres, Kurtwood Farms is now a thirteen-acre dairy farm specializing in farmstead cheese.