false 2590846 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

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Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

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Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 5 1 false Sat Sep 06 20:17:47 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 17:43:29 -0700 2008 29836397 370450 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 1 false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 07:20:54 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 07:21:27 -0700 2008 33110206 63714 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

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Without pretense or rehearsed narrative, Stark recounts hi...more...]]> 53185052 1674775 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 1 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 20:07:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:52:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43064434 1077437 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 2 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 16:59:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:03:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 51188862 668924 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:45:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:47:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46319409 1921964 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 08:39:23 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 08:42:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 33536735 1015179 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 2 0 false Mon Sep 22 12:16:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 05:12:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 51264763 1147504 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 09:56:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 09:57:58 -0700 2009 52831856 2102135 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Apr 15 17:29:22 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 17:20:38 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 17:29:22 -0700 2009 34981921 1608960 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

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That was my partial review before the weekend. I finished the book over the weekend and it turned out to be an excellent read. The stories range from good to really good, but they are all seemingly tied together i...more...]]> 33532676 819802 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:41:44 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:33:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 28346563 547200 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Sat Jul 26 08:48:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 09:16:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 74921443 1455943 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:13:09 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:08:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50948382 2176131 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 0 0 false Mon Mar 30 13:41:17 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:41:58 -0700 2009 61177482 396710 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 26 08:17:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 08:23:11 -0700 2009 54171576 185993 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 1 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:17:48 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 20:09:25 -0700 2009 28695988 799549 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 19:55:54 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 07:03:28 -0700 2008
My not...more...]]> 75528682 1559666 2590846 0767927060 9780767927062 34 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590846.Heirloom_Notes_from_an_Accidental_Tomato_Farmer 3.38 87 Some years ago Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a government consultant and writing unpublished short stories by night. One day he walked past a Dumpster full of discarded lumber and decided to build germination racks for heirloom tomatoes, which he could then cart back to his family's inactive farm in rural Pennsylvania. The weather and soil were so tomato-friendly that summer that he had a huge bumper crop to sell at the new farmers’ market at New York City’s Union Square. Fifteen years later, his completely organic Eckerton Hill Farm does hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year—raising killer habañero chilies and fancy microgreens as well—and his tomatoes grace the menus of New York's most demanding chefs and even the cover of Gourmet magazine.

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital American way of life.

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