Un guide pratique pour vivre à la campagne et découvrir le quotidien à la ferme : tondre un mouton, mettre les tomates en conserve, moissonner du foin, faire du compost, comprendre le fonctionnement de l'estomac de la vache, faire son vin, découper un poulet, etc.

I was born in 1971, and grew up in central New York. I graduated from Harvard in 1994, then moved to New York City, where I worked at a literary agency, taught creative writing, and freelanced for magazines and travel guides. In 2002, I interviewed a wingnut farmer named Mark, and took more than a professional interest in both him and his vocation. We founded Essex Farm together in 2004 – the world’s first full-diet CSA, as far as we know – and I’ve been professionally dirty ever since. Mark and I have two daughters, and I have three great jobs: mother, farmer, writer. I stink at returning email. Please contact Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau for information on talks and appearances. Since the publication of The Dirty Life, I’ve written for O Magazine about what it’s like to change your life completely; for Vogue on physical work, and for Gourmet Live on all sorts of farm and food related subjects (The Pigs Are Alright, A Corny Story, Tales of Terroir, Three Things Every Ethical Eater Needs To Know). Food & Wine featured us here, the Burlington Free Press here, and for the francophones out there, Alix Girod de l'Ain Laffont wrote about us here, in French Elle.

Pour découvrir l'univers de la ferme : les bâtiments, les animaux, le matériel et toutes les activités qui s'y rapportent.

Cet album répond aux questions des petits curieux de manière amusante, développe leur sens de l'observation et enrichit leurs connaissances. Pour tout savoir sur la ferme : Pourquoi n'y a-t-il qu'un seul coq ? Que fait-on avec le lait des vaches ? Les cochons sont-ils sales ? ...