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Farming Around The Country
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Author : Brian J. Bender
language : en
Publisher: NorlightsPress
Release Date : 2010-08-05
Farming Around The Country written by Brian J. Bender and has been published by NorlightsPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For 12 consecutive months, author Brian Bender lived a nomadic life on small organic farms across the United States. Leaving behind a teaching career, he hopped from farm to farm through an organization called WOOF: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Along with his spiritual journey, Bender embarked upon a spiritual quest in meditation centers around the country. The heart of this story lies with the unusual people, animals, and tasks on each farm. Bender entered this year of transformation a high school science teacher and came out educated in the ways of sustainable living and human happiness.
Round Of A Country Year
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Author : David Kline
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2017-08-22
Round Of A Country Year written by David Kline and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Social Science categories.
David Kline has been called a "twentieth–century Henry David Thoreau" by his friends and contemporaries; an apt comparison given the quiet exuberance with which he records the quotidian goings–on on his organic family farm. Under David's attentive gaze and in his clear, insightful prose the reader is enveloped in the rhythms of farm life; not only the planting and harvesting of crops throughout the year, but the migration patterns of birds, the health and virility of honeybees left nearly to their own devices, the songs and silences of frogs and toads, the disappearance and resurgence of praying mantises in fields–turned woodlands, the search for monarch butterflies in the milkweed. There's rhythm in community, too—neighbors gathering to plant potatoes or to maintain an elderly friend's tomato garden, organic farming conferences and meetings around family dining tables or university panels. Interspersed with local lore (when the spring's first bumblebee appears the children can go barefoot) is deep technical knowledge of cultivation and land management and the hazards of modern agri–business. Kline records statewide meetings of district supervisors, knows which speakers and committee chairmen are in the pockets of the oil and gas lobbyists, stands up and says his part. At a time when America's population is being turned toward the benefits of small, local farming practices on our health and our environment, Kline's daybook offers a striking example of the ways in which we are connected to our environment, and the pleasure we can take in daily work and stewardship.
Family Farming And The Worlds To Come
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Author : Jean-Michel Sourisseau
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-11-05
Family Farming And The Worlds To Come written by Jean-Michel Sourisseau and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-05 with Technology & Engineering categories.
What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in developing countries, it is also the agriculture of the future. By declaring 2014 the “International Year of Family Farming,” the United Nations has placed this form of production at the center of debates on agricultural development. These debates are often reduced to two opposing positions. The first advocates the development of industrial or company agriculture, supposedly efficient because it follows industrial processes for market-oriented mass production. The second promotes the preservation of family farming with its close links between family and farm. The authors of this book wish to enrich the debates by helping overcome stereotypes – which often manifest through the use of terms such as “small-scale farming, subsistence farming, peasant, etc.” Research work has emphatically demonstrated the great adaptability of family farming systems and their ability to meet the major challenges of tomorrow but it has also not overlooked their limitations. The authors explore the choices facing society and possible development trajectories at national and international levels, and the contribution that agriculture will have to make. They call for a recommitment of public policies in favor of family farming in developing countries and stress the importance of planning actions targeted at and tailored to the family character of agricultural models. But, above all, they highlight the need to overcome strictly sectoral rationales, by placing family farming at the core of a broader economic and social project. This book is the result of a collaborative effort led by CIRAD and encapsulates three decades of research on family farming. It will interest researchers, teachers and students, and all those involved in national and international efforts for the development of countries in the South.
American Harvest
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Author : Marie Mutsuki Mockett
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07
American Harvest written by Marie Mutsuki Mockett and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An epic story of the American wheat harvest, the politics of food, and the culture of the Great Plains For over one hundred years, the Mockett family has owned a seven-thousand-acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, where Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s father was raised. Mockett, who grew up in bohemian Carmel, California, with her father and her Japanese mother, knew little about farming when she inherited this land. Her father had all but forsworn it. In American Harvest, Mockett accompanies a group of evangelical Christian wheat harvesters through the heartland at the invitation of Eric Wolgemuth, the conservative farmer who has cut her family’s fields for decades. As Mockett follows Wolgemuth’s crew on the trail of ripening wheat from Texas to Idaho, they contemplate what Wolgemuth refers to as “the divide,” inadvertently peeling back layers of the American story to expose its contradictions and unhealed wounds. She joins the crew in the fields, attends church, and struggles to adapt to the rhythms of rural life, all the while continually reminded of her own status as a person who signals “not white,” but who people she encounters can’t quite categorize. American Harvest is an extraordinary evocation of the land and a thoughtful exploration of ingrained beliefs, from evangelical skepticism of evolution to cosmopolitan assumptions about food production and farming. With exquisite lyricism and humanity, this astonishing book attempts to reconcile competing versions of our national story.
Compact Farms
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Author : Josh Volk
language : en
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Compact Farms written by Josh Volk and has been published by Storey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an area’s water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing effort. Profiles of well-known farmers such as Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier show that farming on a small scale in any region, in both urban and rural settings, can provide enough income to turn the endeavor from hobby to career. These real-life plans and down-and-dirty advice will equip you with everything you need to actually realize your farm dreams.
Food For The Future
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Author : Robert Sae-Heng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Food For The Future written by Robert Sae-Heng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
Go on a tour of eco-friendly farms around the globe! From urban gardens to farms under the sea, discover the many different sustainable ways people have been growing food for centuries, and new innovations that are battling the effects of climate change on farming. Rhyming text and inset boxes with definitions for new vocabulary words make the topic accessible to young learners. End matter includes detailed information about each country's farming practice, sustainable farming and more.
Our Sunburnt Country
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Author : Anika Molesworth
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Our Sunburnt Country written by Anika Molesworth and has been published by Macmillan Publishers Aus. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Anika Molesworth fell in love with her family's farm, a sheep station near Broken Hill, at an early age. She formed a bond with the land as though it were a member of her family. When the Millennium Drought hit, though, bringing with it heatwaves and duststorms, the future she'd always imagined for herself began to seem impossible. As she learned more about the causes of - and the solutions to - the extreme weather that was killing her land and her livelihood, Anika became fired up and determined to speak out. Talking to farmers and food producers all around the world, she soon realised that there was a way forward that could be both practical and sustainable - if only we can build up the courage to take it. Beautifully written and full of hope, Our Sunburnt Country shows that there is a way to protect our land, our food and our future, and it is within our grasp. Praise for Our Sunburnt Country: 'In Australia our climate debate can be depressing. In the hands of Anika Molesworth it is uplifting and full of hope.' - Craig Reucassel 'Anika Molesworth invites us to imagine a better future. Read this book and be inspired.' - Michael E. Mann 'In a hope-filled, personal tale framed by her family farm in a sun-baked landscape, Anika Molesworth weaves philosophy, science and a poet's eye into a heartwarming tale of how to help heal the planet.' - Matthew Evans 'This is an important, accessible and evocative book written by a farmer and scientist in that most vital of spaces: the future of our Earth. This book can be part of the solution.' - Charles Massy 'A personal journey spurred by climate change in the west of NSW, learning what can be done and why it is worth doing.' - Ross Garnaut
Agriculture And Environment For Developing Countries
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Author : Moyo, B.H.Z.
language : en
Publisher: Mzuni Press
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Agriculture And Environment For Developing Countries written by Moyo, B.H.Z. and has been published by Mzuni Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Social Science categories.
This book is about indigenous ways of farming in Northern Malawi in the face of modernization and globalization pressures. It also impacts modernization and globalization in relation to agriculture and environment in the developing countries laying bare their impacts on smallholder farmers, agriculture in general, industry and the environment.
Farming For Health
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Author : Jan Hassink
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-03
Farming For Health written by Jan Hassink and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03 with Science categories.
Farming for Health describes the use of farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting human mental and physical health and social well-being. The book offers an overview of the development of ‘Farming for Health’ initiatives across Europe, resulting from changing paradigms in health care and the demand for new social and financial activities in agriculture and rural areas. The contributors are drawn from a range of countries and disciplines.
Farmers Of Forty Centuries Or Permanent Agriculture In China Korea And Japan
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Author : F. H. King
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-02
Farmers Of Forty Centuries Or Permanent Agriculture In China Korea And Japan written by F. H. King and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-02 with Fiction categories.
This work is an excellent first-hand report documenting organic agriculture as practiced in the far east over a hundred years ago before the invention of artificial fertilizers. This book follows the trip of some travelers through various Asian countries around 1909. Writing about the traveler's observations, the author describes the agricultural activities they encounter in those countries. The author discusses the traditional farming practices of the densely populated lands of China, Korea, and Japan and shows how they maintained fertility over many centuries by preserving and using natural resources. It helps understand how the Asian countries grew crops on the same small area of ground without any pesticides and chemicals. This book contains well-written descriptions of their lands and techniques and more than two hundred illustrations that help readers learn about the subject more effectively.