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By Jan Wojcik

ISBN-10: 0911198997

ISBN-13: 9780911198997

"The Arguments of Agriculture is a pleasant learn for either the expert and the individual simply studying the more and more contested terrains of agricultural coverage and beliefs. The process is even-banded, insightful, and devoted to assorted claims." - Frederick H. Buttel "Its well-planned structure makes the booklet relatively helpful for learning the philosophy, sociology, or economics of agricultural undefined, in addition to for environmental studies." - surroundings

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Amy Kelsey of Erickson, BC. She was the first woman ever to win the World Wheat King title in 1957. They were forced to change the victor’s title to World Wheat Queen for the year. Much to the chagrin of organizers, Mrs. Kelsey went on to win again in 1958. She was banned from competition the following year when officials implemented a rule requiring a minimum growing area. It turns out that Mrs. Kelsey had been growing her award-worthy wheat in a small plot in her back garden. As a result, by the 1970s farmers were growing other crops.

It is a model for mills like the Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan, Maine, and other communities that want to support local grain production. It proves that consumers can make a difference if they demand local products in stores. Join the Revolution • Flex your consumer muscles: shop with intention. Request that local stores carry local products and don’t settle for non-local substitutes. Grist for the Mill — Knowledge is Power IGNORANCE IS BLISS. It is a whole lot easier to never think about where our food comes from, to blindly shop at wherever is most convenient and to eat, without question, whatever the industrial food system provides.

The hardest part of growing grain is getting over the mental block so many of us have. Once you’ve accomplished the “impossible,” once you’ve grown — and tasted — grain from your own garden, the rest of life’s challenges feel a bit less overwhelming. It was this awakening, and the desire to empower more people, that led Brock McLeod and his partner Heather Walker (now Heather McLeod, the co-author of this book) to host Island Grains — a community experiment in small-scale grain growing on their farm on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island.

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