My big fat list of recommended books on emergency planning, self-sufficiency, resiliency, gardening, urban farming, eating local and food systems -- by no means comprehensive.
Our the past few years, our family has committed to building a practical personal library for uncertain times. Reading these books is a source of hope and comfort to me and scarcely a day goes by that we are not using one of these books as a reference. We continue to add to our library and I'll update this list we do.
I started to separate this list into categories, but since there’s a great deal of overlap, I left the list as is for now. For example, John Seymour’s book, “The Self-Sufficient Life,” could apply to multiple categories.
Happy reading!
ThinkLady
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"Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs: The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil," by Wendy Brown
“The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It” by John Seymour
“Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Happens” by Kathy Harrison,
“Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook” by Peggy Layton
"The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience" by Rob Hopkins
“Mini-Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre” by Mark Ham
“How to Grow More Vegetables” by John Jeavons
“The Organic Grower” by Eliot Coleman
“Four-Season Harvest” by Eliot Coleman
“Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture” by Toby Hemingway
“The Backyard Homestead” edited by Carleen Madigan
“Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces” by Patricia Lanza
“Square-Foot Gardening” by Mel Bartholomew
”The Resilient Gardener” by Carol Deppe
“The Organic Life” by Joan Dye Gussow
“Permaculture in a Nutshell” by Patrick Whitefield
“Earl Mindell’s Herb Bible” by Herl Mindell
“Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver
“Root Cellaring” by Mike & Nancy Bubel
“Home Cheese Making” by Ricki Carroll
“The Cheese Chronicles” by Liz Thorpe
“Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage and Lactic Fermentation” by The Gardeners and Farmers of Terra Vivante
“The Next Green Revolution” by Horne & McDermott
“Holy Cows & Hog Heaven” by Joel Salatin
“Closing the Food Gap,” by Mark Winne
“Slow Food” by Carlo Petrini
“Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser
“Closer to Home: Healthier Food, Farms & Families in Oklahoma” by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
