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Though the small family farm is an American ideal, they've never actually been very successful. Yet the obsession with trying to save them continues, prompting the question: What if small family farms aren't the best way to organize American agriculture?From New Mexico's high desert to Iowa's hill country to the grassy expanses of the Carolinas, there is evidence that a better way exist. Big Team Farms is a journey among farm and food businesses that are challenging convention when thinking about growing food, working together, and caring for landscapes. These farms are not obsessing about small scale and family ownership, but instead prioritizing their customers, employees, and success as businesses.Informed by deep research and personal experience, Big Team Farms tackles questions like:Is it possible to empower farmworkers without driving up food prices?How do we craft environmental protections without threatening the existence of farms?Are small, family-run farms the best option?In this captivating sequel to Farm (and Other F Words), Sarah K Mock explores alternative farm business models and shines a light on the often underestimated roles of collaboration, collectivism, and democracy in American agriculture, offering a hopeful vision for a future that's more inclusive, resilient, and better for workers and consumers alike.

"Start from within, question everything, and soon your hunger for financial literacy will consume you."Today, there is an extreme lack of financial education and, as young professionals enter the work force, they are blindsided by the amount of knowledge needed for financial success. Young, Educated and Broke: How a Questioning Mindset Can Combat the Financial Illiteracy Epidemic discusses the systematic way to navigate the world of personal finance and address how financial values and questions support and drive the improvement of financial literacy.In this book, you'll learn the digestible steps to building financial literacy and wealth and how to do so by utilizing money questions. You'll read about: My time at a financial advisory firm where I started my journey building and sharing financial literacy lessons. The trials and errors from others who have learned financial lessons the hard way. How even financial professionals were once beginners, highlighting the idea that we all start at zero.Young, Educated and Broke by Michael Grus speaks to young professionals and anyone seeking financial freedom, who want realistic viewpoints on personal finance or to view the shifting financial landscape in a new way. Financial literacy should not be a privilege to learn; it should be the standard.¿

If you have any problem, any issue, anything you want to solve or improve, you need creativity.Introducing play at work seems like a mismatched idea, which is why author Begoña Pino wants business owners and managers to Join the Playful Revolution. She examines creative mindsets, confidence, and environments that boost productivity and team collaboration.Through research and personal experience, Pino presents processes and tools to bring imagination into the workplace and makes a strong case for inclusion and diversity as a core component of innovation. In this book, you'll find activities that result in:Team members and leaders finding inspiration and tools for creativity and new ideas.Fast growing startups and high stakes project teams developing team cohesion for better communication and productivity.HR personnel sharing activities for employees to bond, relieve stress, and feel more engaged.Join the Playful Revolution explores the intersection of creativity, play, and work. It encourages the discovery of a different way to manage a business. Introducing a culture of play to the workplace elevates innovation, productivity, engagement, and team happiness. In the long run, as the work benefits, the company benefits overall.

"We couldn't put it down." - New York Weekly"Exceptional" and "Filled with heart" - Latin PostThe new fantasy series delighting fans of Harry Potter, Narnia, Percy Jackson, The School of Good and Evil, & the Hobbit. When her brother vanishes in the night, along with all she thought to be true of magic, Parker Pennymore must unmask family secrets, travel far beyond the castle walls, and convince her sisters to break a few laws along the way - but what's a hero's journey without a little rebellion? Created first as a bedtime story with his daughters, The Pennymores explores a world where all writing has been banned for centuries (a setting inspired by the true-life events of Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai). But when an unstoppable enemy returns threatening the destroy their world, the Pennymores must set off on a quest taking them inside hidden mystical realms, confronting ancient challenges, and forcing them to step closer to the heroes they are destined to be.This "supernatural adventure story, filled with atmosphere, twists, the sublime and dripping with heart" (NY Weekly) features fast-paced action, surprising twists, spunky, funny, and relatable characters exploring fantastical magic and is perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Narnia, & The School of Good & Evil.Praise for The Pennymores from early readers:"I'm more attached to it than any book I've read" - Jack (10)"My kids won't stop talking about this book and these characters." Nicole F. (San Diego)"I loved it so much that I read it again and again." Kate (10)"Our class is in love with this book." - Mary Ann M (8th grade English teacher, Oshkosh, WI)"I want to be a Pennymore sister." - Audrey (8)"Finally a new series for my kids who read every Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia book." Jeff K. (Omaha)Proceeds of preorders of the book benefit the Malala Fund for children's literacy.

Here''s the reality: human relationships can impede business results, thwart innovation, jeopardize organizational survival, and erode the problem-solving capacity, ingenuity, and engagement of incredibly talented people inside enterprises.Every day. Yes, even at your organization. But there is excellent news in There''s Only ''I'' in Team.Through clear, insightful, and entertaining vignettes, this book describes how unseen elements in human relationships lead to common business dysfunctions. It details how the amazing complexity and capacity of human brains is often short-circuited and disrupted when we engage with others.Author A.M. Spadafore has proffered a powerful solution to the deeply frustrating situations we often find ourselves in- requiring the collaboration of others, but having their presence derail us and impede results. Based on cutting-edge neuroscience and backed by valid theories of human functioning in groups, There''s Only ''I'' in Team provides an answer to the challenges you have instinctively felt you had with other people (in the workplace, and even in your personal life), but which have never been clarified and presented in such a sophisticated, informative, and compelling way.

If you're a working woman looking for guidance on how to collaborate successfully with other women, here is your unofficial guide. In Women at Work: Successful Tips for Working Together, author Rebecca Cassidy shares the lessons she's learned from her mentors, other notable women, and her own experiences working in female dominated workplaces.Her hypothesis is simple: The rules for success when working in a primarily female environment are different than those for women working in a primarily male environment.By sharing her own career missteps, interviews and research, Cassidy has found a strategy, rooted in sociology, that will help any woman better understand themselves and their colleagues in a more constructive way. Through analyzing various stereotypes, the reader will be able to self-identify, correct and find a clear pathway forward-complete with promise of personal growth and career advances.There is finally a business book on the shelf for women by women. Begin making informed decisions on how to work with women and navigate your own career successfully. You no longer have to figure it out on your own.

In rediscovering these stories about our shared history, we learn who we were, who we are, and who we can be.Adventure can be uncovered in the most unexpected of places. In 1521: Rediscovering the History of the Philippines, author Judy Robinson takes a deep dive into the forgotten stories of Filipinos in the advent of Spanish colonization, beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in the archipelago. Robinson goes on a journey to discover the hidden history of the Philippines and of herself. She shares with us that history consists of more than one story. While reading this book, you will discover that precolonial Filipinos had a complex social structure that was more advanced than previously acknowledged. Through 1521: Rediscovering the History of the Philippines, Robinson hopes to share these stories from history, teach the next generation of the diaspora more about where they come from, and see the different sides of history as a way to find what connects us instead of what divides us.

Where would you live if you had no worry in the world? What job opportunities could you pursue if you could move to any city/state in the near future? If you could cut your current rent price in half, where would you spend the extra money? These may all be relevant for prospective vanlivers. "e;Vanlife"e; is defined as a "e;continuous and everlasting voyage of living in a van"e; by the Urban Dictionary. From Harvard to Homeless explores:What drives someone to pursue vanlife? Did it come from a position of privilege or need?How people benefit from having vanlife as well as alternative housing options. If so, how could we make such options viable for our community?Why have vanlife, tiny homes, and other alternative housing options become popular in our society?You'll like this book if you're looking for more time, energy, and resources to visit the diverse geographies of the world or you are a young professional struggling to make a start in an increasingly unattainable urban environment Join Franklin on his journey and find out if vanlife is for you!

"e;A turtle does not seek her shell from fear, hesitation or shame. She simply found a place to rest inside of herself."e;Former high-tech executive Neelam Patel torched her 22-year career to pursue her creative passions. In her poetic debut, Burning It Down: Dancing in the Rubble, Neelam renounces the story of transformation as a glamorized "e;before and after."e; Instead, her raw poetry carries you through subtle layers and complex emotions, uncovering the deeper truth that the light is not at the end of the tunnel but somewhere in the messy middle. Burning it Down offers fresh perspectives on friendship, anger, the South Asian-American experience, sensuality, shame, and dreams. It illuminates how opposing forces, like the feminine and masculine, or gratitude and rage, can coexist. In a world of overthinking, Neelam welcomes you to sink into wherever you are in your own journey and celebrate the rich, messy middle: the uncomfortable, honest feelings that create space for deep love and vulnerability - ultimately un-shaming the shame. Dive into Burning It Down: Dancing in the Rubble and watch old paradigms burn. Neelam's got the fire covered.