Gene Logsdon is an American

United States

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 man of letters, cultural

Cultural critic

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 and economic critic, and farmer

Farmer

A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...

. He is a prolific author of essays, novels, and nonfiction books about agrarian

Agrarianism

Agrarianism has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values...

 issues, ideals, and techniques.

Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He has written many books and hundreds of articles for numerous publications including New Farm, Mother Jones

Mother Jones (magazine)

Mother Jones is an American independent news organization, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001,...

, Orion

Orion (magazine)

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, Utne Reader

Utne

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 Organic Gardening, Draft Horse Journal and the Wall Street Journal.

Works (not complete)

Gene Logsdon blogs at The Contrary Farmer blog.

Nonfiction

• Holy Shit: Managing Manure To Save Mankind, 2010 ISBN 978-1-60358-2513
• Small-Scale Grain Raising, Second Edition: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains, for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers, 2009
• The Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse (Culture of the Land), 2007
• All flesh is Grass
  All Flesh Is Grass
  All flesh is grass is a much-quoted phrase from the Old Testament in Isaiah 40:6. The phrase is interpreted to mean that human life is transitory...
  
   : Pleasures & Promises of Pasture Farming, 2004
• The Pond Lovers, 2003
• Wyeth People, 2003
• Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream, 2000
• Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol, 2000
• You Can Go Home Again: Adventures of a Contrary Life, 1998
• The Big Things in Life are the Little Things, 1998 (with Steve Zender)
• The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, 1997
• The Contrary Farmer, 1995
• The Low-Maintenance House, 1987
• Moneysaving Secrets: A Treasury of Salvaging, Bargaining, Recycling, and Scavenging Techniques, 1986
• Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions, 1985
• Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony With Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures, 1983
• Organic Orcharding, 1981
• Getting Food from Water: A Guide to Backyard Aquaculture, 1979 Digital Library Copy
• The Gardener's Guide to Better Soil, 1978
• Small-Scale Grain Raising, 1977
• Successful Berry Growing, 1974
• Homesteading: How to Find New Independence on the Land, 1973
• Two Acre Eden: Finding the Good Life on Your Own Piece of Land, 1971

Fiction

• Pope Mary and the Church of Almighty Good Food, 2010 novel
• The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life, 2008 novel
• The Lords of Folly, 2007 novel
• The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable (Ohio Bicentennial), 2001 novel (with Gregory Spaid and Wendell Berry
  Wendell Berry
  Wendell Berry is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays...
  
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