Bet the Farm author_Steven Johnson Livestock & beekeeping

Livestock & beekeeping

skillfully blending cultural criticism with a food activist’s agenda

The original biodynamic sowing and planting almanac

filled with interesting stories and great ideas for using pods

Engagingly written and deeply personal

Bet the Farm author_Steven Johnson Livestock & beekeepingBeth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late 40s, she and her husband decided to leave the big city and move to his family ranch in Iowaall for the dream of becoming a farmer, to put into practice everything she had learned over decades of reporting on food and agriculture. There was just one problem: money.