Field days : a year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California /
Raskin, Jonah, 1942-
Field days : a year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California / Year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California Jonah Raskin ; photographs by Paige Green. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (x, 329 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index.
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.
"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.
9780520943186 ebook 052094318X 0520259025 (Cloth) 9780520259027
236088 MIL
2021697080
Farm life--California--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Organic farming--California--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Farmers--California--Sonoma--Biography.
Vie à la ferme--Californie--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Agriculture biologique--Californie--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Agriculteurs--Californie--Sonoma--Biographies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Agronomy--Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Agronomy--General.
Farm life.
Farmers.
Organic farming.
California--Sonoma.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
S521.5.C2
630.9794/18
S521.5.C2 / R35 2009
Field days : a year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California / Year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California Jonah Raskin ; photographs by Paige Green. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (x, 329 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index.
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.
"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.
9780520943186 ebook 052094318X 0520259025 (Cloth) 9780520259027
236088 MIL
2021697080
Farm life--California--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Organic farming--California--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Farmers--California--Sonoma--Biography.
Vie à la ferme--Californie--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Agriculture biologique--Californie--Sonoma--Anecdotes.
Agriculteurs--Californie--Sonoma--Biographies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Agronomy--Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Agronomy--General.
Farm life.
Farmers.
Organic farming.
California--Sonoma.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
S521.5.C2
630.9794/18
S521.5.C2 / R35 2009