Trauma Farm

by Brian Brett

  Ronald Wright. A Short History of Progress. Toronto: Anansi, 2004. The inspired Massey Lectures that succinctly examine cultural evolution.

  In addition I can recommend the magazines Organic Gardening and Small Farm Canada, and the early editions of Harrowsmith magazine. The various Harrowsmith books are usually excellent on an assortment of rural subjects, along with the Foxfire books. The same with the numerous editions and titles of The Whole Earth Catalog.

  Websites like Wikipedia are often unreliable, although Wikipedia is a good starting point for research on the Internet. As almost everyone knows by now, the Internet can be a treacherous but juicy source of facts and factoids and opinions; just be aware of the agendas of the websites, and look for confirmation of any facts elsewhere.