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Author Raskin, Jonah, 1942-

Title Field days : a year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California / Jonah Raskin ; photographs by Paige Green.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 329 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305) and index.
Contents First forays -- Oak Hill history -- Departures and returns -- Field days -- Winnowing with Wayne -- Blood and money, wine and water -- Rudolf Steiner and sons -- Follow the vegetables -- Oldies and goodies -- A place for things to happen -- Days of the dead -- I am what I eat.
Summary "Sooner or later, nearly everyone who cares about wine and food comes to Sonoma"--So begins this lively excursion to a spectacular region that has become known internationally as a locavore's paradise. Part memoir, part vivid reportage, Field Days chronicles the renaissance in farming organically and eating locally that is unfolding in Northern California. Jonah Raskin tells of the year he spent on Oak Hill Farm--working the fields, selling produce at farmers' markets, and following it to restaurants. He also goes behind the scenes at Whole Foods. In this luminous account of his experiences, Ras.
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Subject Farm life -- California -- Sonoma -- Anecdotes.
Farm life.
California -- Sonoma.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Subject Organic farming -- California -- Sonoma -- Anecdotes.
Farmers -- California -- Sonoma -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Organic farming.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
Farmers.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Added Author Green, Paige.
Added Title Year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California
Other Form: Print version: Field days Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. 9780520259027 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008031261
ISBN 9780520943186 ebook
052094318X
9780520259027 cloth alkaline paper
0520259025 (Cloth)
9780520259027
9780520268036 paperback
0520268032 paperback