{"product_id":"miraculous-abundance-one-quarter-acre-two-french-farmers-and-enough-food-to-feed-the-world-9781603586429","title":"Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarmers like Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer [are] beacons of light. Their work allows the rest of the world to see that there is another life, there is another way.--Eliot Coleman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat began as a simple dream has turned into one of the world's most radical, innovative experiments in small-scale farming--using the Bec Hellouin model for growing food, sequestering carbon, creating jobs, and increasing biodiversity without using fossil fuels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer set out to create their farm in a historic Normandy village, they had no idea just how much their lives would change. 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