Its the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand.

If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. Jeannette Walls, author of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle The Dirty Life is a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. With wisdom and humor, Kristin Kimball describes how she abandoned her career in New York City, leaving behind everything she thought was important for a hard, distinctly unglamorous existence that turns out to be the most fulfilling thing shes ever done. Review Quotes The Dirty Life is a delightful, tumultuous, and tender story of the authors love affair with the man who bes her husband and the farm they work together to restore. In The Dirty Life, Kristin discovers the wrenching pleasures of physical work, learns that good food is at the center of a good life, falls deeply in love, and finally finds the engagement and commitment she craved in the form of a man, a small town, and a beautiful piece of land. Every Friday evening, all year round, over a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the whole diet-beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables-produced by the farm. Kristin and Marks plan to grow everything needed to feed a community was an ambitious idea, and a bit romantic. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of the couples first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through their harvest-season wedding in the loft of the barn. On an impulse, she shed her city self and started a new farm with him on five hundred acres near Lake Champlain.

When Kristin Kimball left New York City to interview a dynamic young farmer named Mark, her world changed. Book Synopsis From a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail (Minneapolis Star Tribune), this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of their first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through the following harvest season-complete with their wedding in the loft of the barn. About the Book On an impulse, Kimball shed her city self and moved to 500 acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with her husband.

The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball