David the Good
Growing food is an obsession for David The Good. Every year he tests crops, experiments with fertilizers, analyzes yields and writes extensively on his results. Along the way, he’s planted a wide variety of international root crops, created two food forests (and assisted with three more) in two separate climates, pored over thousands of pages of esoteric gardening texts, and become a sought-after expert in gardening and preparedness circles.
Thanks to great parents who encouraged his writing and gardening skills, he latched onto the concept of organic food production at a young age, planting his first garden at age six. Since then he’s spent three more decades in the garden and shared his knowledge with many thousands of readers in publications ranging from Mother Earth News to Natural Awakenings to The Prepper Project.
David currently has over 15 garden beds, an experimental tropical food forest at the southern tip of Florida, a plant nursery and over 100 fruit trees along with a baffling array of edible and useful perennials. He has also invested many hours testing low-tech gardening tools and solutions for grid-down situations.
He is also the husband of the lovely Rachel Goodman, who homeschools their children while attempting to feed them all on the baffling array of strange and experimental crops constantly making their way into the kitchen.
David’s daily gardening tips and wisdom can be found online at www.thesurvivalgardener.com.
Books By David The Good:
Create Your Own Florida Food Forest
Garden Heat: A Jack Broccoli Novel
The Easy Way to Start a Home-Based Plant Nursery
Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening
Turned Earth: A Jack Broccoli Novel
Steve Solomon
Steve Solomon is the founder of the Territorial Seed Company. He has been growing most of his family’s food for over 35 years, and is the author of several landmark gardening books including Gardening When it Counts and Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades. A lifelong evangelist for the value of self-sufficiency, his writing, lectures and classes are focused on helping people become financially independent through producing their own necessities. He currently homesteads in Tasmania.
Books By Steve Solomon:
Non Good Books Publishing Titles:
Growing Vegetables West of The Cascades
John Moody
The Moody family farms and homesteads on 35 acres in Kentucky. John Moody discovered more than a decade ago that his diet was literally killing him with duodenal ulcers, seasonal allergies, and other health problems, so the family began to transition to real, local foods and local food distribution. Eventually, he relocated his family to 35 acres of land to put his learning into practice. He currently serves as a founder and director of Steader (an online learning platform for homesteaders and farmers), and also speaks at many local, regional, and national events on food, farming, and nutrition.
Books By John Moody:
Non Good Books Publishing Titles:
The Frugal Homesteader (With Joel Salatin)