{"id":186,"date":"2023-09-08T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2025-05-09T03:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:35:14","slug":"the-new-farmers-almanac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/the-new-farmers-almanac\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Farmer’s Almanac, Vol. VI: Adjustments & Accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe New Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/em> offers a much-needed pulse on the reflections and ruminations of land-based people and projects\u2014our challenges, joys, sorrows, and hopes.\u201d<\/strong>\u2014Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I directed thematic, editorial, and marketing strategy for \u201cThe New Farmer\u2019s Almanac, Vol. VI: Adjustments & Accommodations\u201d\u2014a 400-page print book distributed by Chelsea Green Books.

As the Commissioning and Outreach Editor, I developed editorial and marketing plans and implemented the work to make them happen. I researched, invited, and built relationships with 120+ farmers, ecologists, and scientists to contribute writing or art.<\/strong> I acted as lead project manager of the six-person editorial team<\/strong>, oversaw the project budget, collaborated with the lead designer<\/strong> on layout, look, and feel, editorially stewarded our creative contributors <\/strong>from pitch to print, and conducted marketing outreach<\/strong> to stockists, distributors, and press.

As an editor, I wrote an introductory essay, interview scripts, all front and back matter, and image captions. I shared developmental edits in the first phase of select written pieces, offered mentorship and ideation support to writers in the pitch and submission phase, and supported final rounds of proofreading with the whole team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Returns:<\/strong>
Through shared project stewardship and diligent marketing the book was brought to successful print and distribution by Chelsea Green Books, and can be found at boutiques, bookstores, and farms across North America.<\/strong> Vol. VI <\/em>met year-over-year sales goals while boosting organizational and contributor credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through my research, relationship building, and editorial savvy, I increased inclusion of creative ecologists, environmental artists, scientists, and Indigenous leaders sharing visionary food systems, alongside regenerative farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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