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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Crop ecology Crop ecology D. J. Connor,D. J. Connor "Food security and environmental conservation are two of the greatest challenges facing the world today. It is predicted that food production must increase by at least 70% before 2050 to support cont… OL16163664W
Tomatoland Tomatoland Barry Estabrook Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought ou… OL16183628W
Sustainable agriculture Sustainable agriculture Eric Lichtfouse Sustainable agriculture is an alternative for solving fundamental and applied issues related to food production. It integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences… OL16441416W
Managing Water In Agroecosystems For Sustainable Food Security Managing Water In Agroecosystems For Sustainable Food Security Eline Boelee p. cm OL17583138W
Lentil underground Lentil underground Liz Carlisle Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness launched a campaign to push small grain farmers to modernize or perish, or as Nixon's secretary of agriculture Earl Butz put it, "get big or get out." But 27-y… OL17832986W
The Resilient Farm and Homestead The Resilient Farm and Homestead Ben Falk The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a comprehensive how-to manual that will help you select, design, develop, and manage land for self-reliance and regeneration, and presents a thriving model for pro… OL19968945W
The new farmers almanac 2017 The new farmers almanac 2017 Severine Von Tscharner Fleming This volume explores the theme of The Commons, drawing from folklore, mathematical projections, empirical, emotional, and geographical observations of theory and praxis. Farmers hold space in many in… OL20059143W
Highgrove Highgrove Charles Clover,HRH Prince of Wales Description and use of the estate at Highgrove. OL21188185W
Farming technology Farming technology Lambert, Mark Discusses machines, breeding, chemicals, artificial insemination, fertilizers, pesticides, and other technology employed in modern farming and considers their effects on our environment and on the fu… OL2671260W
Land use and abuse Land use and abuse D. J. Herda Describes the environmental impact of land use, showing how careless development leads to loss of agricultural lands and animal and plant species and causes deforestation, desertification, and urban … OL2945680W