Sustainable Agriculture
Nov 10, 2011
Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture: Vegetables (Sample)
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Nature’s Solution Mycorrhizae (8 Oz) $18.95 NATURE’S SOLUTION endomycorrhizae: Glomus intraradices, G. mosseae, G. dussii, G. clarum, G. deserticola, G. microaggregatum, and also 5 ectomycorrhizae: Psolithus tinctorius, Rhizopogon villosullus, R. luteolus, R. amylopogon, R. fulvigleba. Use with Nature’s Solution Compost Tea, Ancient Humate, and Sea Kelp. Use mycorrhizae when planting or transplanting. Mix with water or Nature’s Solution Com… |
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Dirt Simple 5 Gallon Compost Tea Brewer Our Dirt Simple brewers consistently out-perform competitors in ease of use, consistent high quality of compost tea, and low up front cost, and this new brewer is no exception. The air pump included with the DS5BB comes with a 1 year warranty and is rated for constant use (brewing 24/7/365!). We’ve applied the same design philosophy from our large brewers; powerful aeration, quality components and… |
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Close up of lady Canvas Prints Close up of lady bug on green Pinot Noir grapes at Beran Winery vineyard, Willamette Valley, Washington County, Oregon….. |
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Sustainable Agriculture (Quest: Investigating the World We Call Maine) … |
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The Greening of Cuba [VHS] $30.00 … |
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Fed Up! (Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture, and Sustainable Alternatives) Film presents an entertaining and compelling overview of the current food production system in the U.S. 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients, and this film features interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, and also uses hilarious and disturbing archival footage…. |
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Back To Eden Film – Simple. Sustainable. Solutions. $15.00 BACK TO EDEN shares the story of one man’s lifelong journey, walking with God and learning how to get back to the simple, productive methods of sustainable provision that were given to man in the garden of Eden. The organic growing system that has resulted from Paul Gautschi’s incredible experiences has garnered the interest of visitors from around the world. However, never until now have Paul’s m… |
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Farming Forward $11.00 Farming Forward is a positive and inspiring look at sustainable farming in Minnesota. Directed by Martin Lang and Ethan Marxhausen in collaboration with the Sustainable Farming Association of MN, this new documentary paints an intimate portrait of the state’s burgeoning diversity of small family farms, from the rural to the urban, from multi-generational farms to new immigrant operations, from or… |
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Permaculture in Practice (DVD) $12.90 This DVD, whose aim is to inspire people to start their own permaculture projects, shows how permaculture is practiced in four very different settings: a Hampshire back garden belonging to the editors of Permaculture Magazine, including fruit trees, vegetables, bees, chickens, and ducks; a City Challenge project in Bradford close to a housing estate with 10,000 residents, tackling the problems of … |
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Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre $10.73 He is a third-generation farmer and polymath. He runs a profitable certified naturally grown mini farm in New Hampshire. Saving, Selecting And Buying Seeds. Maintaining And Improving Soil, Compost, Crop Rotation, and Timing, Using Organic Methods, Canning, Freezing and Dehydrating and more! 1/4 acre provides 85% of the food for a family of 4! Describes a holistic approach to small area farming. Ea… |
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Sustainable Agriculture $265.05 Sustainable Agriculture |
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Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture $29.68 Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture |
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Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology $265.05 Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology |
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Sustainable Agriculture And Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity $40.8 Sustainable Agriculture And Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity |
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity $113.49 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity |
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Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture $59.98 This new edition builds on the explosion of research on sustainable agriculture since the late 1980s. By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that "really work." Providing case studies of sustainable rural development in developing countries, he goes beyond a mere description of practices to include data that reveal the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of alternative projects.Each chapter of "Agroecology" has been enriched and updated with the latest research results from around the world. New emphasis has been placed on such issues as the ecological economics of agriculture, policy changes needed for promoting sustainable agriculture, rural development in the Third World, the role of biodiversity in agriculture, and new research methodologies. |
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Water and Sustainable Agriculture $49.95 Irrigated agriculture, a vital component of general agriculture, supplies fruits, vegetables, and cereals consumed by humans and grains fed to animals. Consequently, agriculture is the largest user of fresh water globally, and irrigation practices in many parts of the world are biologically, economically, and socially unsustainable. Water management should balance the need for agricultural water and the need for a sustainable environment. Water-use efficiency is the prime challenge in worldwide farming practices where problems of water shortages are widespread. Currently, agriculture is undergoing significant changes in innovative irrigation, fertilizer technology, and agronomic expertise. These elements constitute a vital platform for sustainable agricultural success and for preventing environmental damage. This review presents several processes linked to environmental irrigation, balancing environmental protection with improved agricultural production. |
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The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture $49.98 * Only reader of its kind in this field, edited by the world’s leading expert on sustainable agriculture* Maps out the complex subject area of sustainable agriculture; introduces and explains key hard-to-find literature * Highly accessible–the essential student reference textOur agricultural and food systems are not meeting everyone’s needs, and despite great progress in increasing productivity over the past century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. This book describes a different form of agriculture: one founded more on ecological principles and which is also more harmonious with people, their societies, and cultures. The latest in the Earthscan Reader Series, this volume brings together the most influential scholarship in the field, containing both theoretical developments and critical appraisals of evidence addressing what is not sustainable about current or past agricultural and food systems, as well as studies of transitions towards agricultural and rural sustainability at farm, community, regional, national, and international levels, and through food supply chains. Related titles: Agri-Culture * The Living Land * Regenerating Agriculture (all by Jules Pretty) * The Pesticide Detox (edited by Jules Pretty) |
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Crop Protection and Sustainable Agriculture $188 The increase in the world population and changes in welfare have led to an enormously expanding demand for food. In the industrialized world, food surpluses rather than shortages are a problem together with adverse environmental impacts from the overuse of chemicals and excessive exploitation of agricultural land. In the developing world, food production cannot keep up with population growth and the gap between demand and supply is growing. This book explores the theme of sustainable agricultural development in the developing world, with a particular focus on crop protection. Includes chapters on the ecology of food production, on sustainable agriculture and crop protection methods, on the economics of food production and more. |
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Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba $74.95 Sinan Koont has spent the last several years researching urban agriculture in Cuba, including field work at many sustainable farms on the island. He tells the story of why and how Cuba was able to turn to urban food production on a large scale with minimal use of chemicals, petroleum, and machinery, and of the successes it achieved–along with the continuing difficulties it still faces in reducing its need for food imports. |
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Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy $3.48 Find an interdiscliplinary view of sustainable agriculture that emphasizes the potential contributions of ecology to agricultural sustainability in this groundbreaking book. Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy explores how ecological knowledge, applied as part of a multidisciplinary effort, can be used to design a sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture. A more ecologically based agriculture can increase production efficiency and decrease environmental impacts, but hard choices regarding population control, energy conservation, and land use must still be made. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that the results are beneficial to all components, for example, an ecologically based management scheme which bankrupts the farmer is not considered a viable option for sustainable agriculture. These thought-provoking chapters are an excellent introduction to the contributions of ecological principles to an environmentally sound sustainable agriculture. This multidisciplinary examination provides readers interested in agriculture with a valuable introduction to related work in other fields including ecology and economics. Agronomists, ecologists, educators, and policymakers will find essential information on diverse topics including: the definition and measurement of ecological sustainability in agriculture landscape ecology and the design of sustainable agricultural landscapes soil ecology as a foundation for sustainable agriculture Federal agricultural policies as incentives or deterrent to sustainable agriculture applying farming systems research and extension to sustainable agriculture population growth and other threats to sustainable agriculture environmental policies and their effects on sustainable agriculture the role of precollege education in developing sustainable agriculture |
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Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry $225 Simply put, allelopathy refers to an ecological phenomenon of plant-plant interference through release of organic chemicals (allelochemicals) in the environment. These chemicals can be directly and continuously released by the donor plants in their immediate environment as volatiles in the air or root exudates in soil or they can be the microbial degradation products of plant residues. The chemicals may interfere with survival and growth of neighboring or succeeding plants. Black walnut, eucalyptus, sunflower, sorghum, sesame and alfalfa are common examples of plants with allelopathic property as well as some staple crops such as rice, wheat, barley and sorghum. Plants can emit chemicals that also discourage insects and pathogens. To maintain sustained productivity, knowledge of this form of plant interference on other plants and on disease causing organisms has been used in agriculture since prehistoric time by manipulating cropping pattern and sequence such as mixed cropping and crop rotation. However, use of numerous agrochemicals including a wide range of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and genetically modified high yielding crops has become the characteristic feature of modern industrial agriculture. Not only the sustainability of crop yield is called into question in this form of agriculture, the extensive long-term and often irreversible environmental degradation including ground water contamination and food safety associated with industrial agriculture are now of serious concern worldwide. The objective is to report on the latest advances in allelopathy by inviting leading scientists to contribute in specific fields. The volume is organized under three majorsubsections: History of allelopathy, Allelochemicals, allelopathic mechanisms, and bioassays, and Application of allelopathy in agriculture and forestry. An emphasis is place on methodology and application, making it a truly practical reference. |
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Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry $192.48 Mycorrhizal fungi are microbial engines which improve plant vigor and soil quality. They play a crucial role in plant nutrient uptake, water relations, ecosystem establishment, plant diversity, and the productivity of plants. Scientific research involves multidisciplinary approaches to understand the adaptation of mycorrhizae to the rhizosphere, mechanism of root colonization, effect on plant physiology and growth, biofertilization, plant resistance and biocontrol of plant pathogens. This book discusses and goes into detail on a number of topics: the molecular basis of nutrient exchange between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and host plants; the role of AM fungi in disease protection, alleviation of soil stresses and increasing grain production; interactions of AM fungi and beneficial saprophytic mycoflora in terms of plant growth promotion; the role of AM fungi in the restoration of native ecosystems; indirect contributions of AM fungi and soil aggregation to plant growth and mycorrhizosphere effect of multitrophic interaction; the mechanisms by which mycorrhizas change a disturbed ecosystem into productive land; the importance of reinstallation of mycorrhizal systems in the rhizosphere is emphasized and their impact on landscape regeneration, and in bioremediation of contaminated soils; Ectomycorrhizae (ECM) and their importance in forest ecosystems and associations of ECM in tropical rain forests function to maintain tropical monodominance; in vitro mycorrhization of micro-propagated plants, and visualizing and quantifying endorhizal fungi; the use of mycorrhizae, mainly AM and ECM, for sustainable agriculture and forestry. |
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Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond $219 Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond is a collection of papers presented at the XIth international congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (IAPTC&B). It continues the long tradition of the IAPTC&B to publish the proceedings of its quadrennial congresses. It provides an up-to-date report of the most significant advances in plant tissue culture and biotechnology as presented by leading international scientists. |
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Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture $109.95 Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture gathers key scientific reviews concerning issues that are critical for successful SOM management. This book contains evaluations of the types of organic soil constituents-organisms, fresh residues, biologically active compounds and humic substances. It explores how organic matter benefits the function of soils in agroecosystems and practices that enhance SOM. Chapters include impacts of crop management practices on soil organisms, organic matter gains and losses, the significance of various SOM fractions, the contributions of fungi and earthworms to soil quality and crop growth, and the development of soils suppressive to plant diseases and pests. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $121.44 Used – The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $55.27 Used – The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The regions ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural croppi |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $81.17 Used – The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $81.17 New – The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $38.02 Used – The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The regions ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural croppi |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $38.02 New – The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The regions ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural croppin |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $121.44 New – The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $55.27 New – The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The regions ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural croppin |
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A Green and Permanent Land: Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century $29.95 Once patronized primarily by the counterculture and the health food establishment, the organic food industry today is a multi-billion-dollar business driven by ever-growing consumer demand for safe food and greater public awareness of ecological issues. Assumed by many to be a recent phenomenon, that industry owes much to agricultural innovations that go back to the Dust Bowl era.This book explores the roots and branches of alternative agricultural ideas in twentieth-century America, showing how ecological thought has challenged and changed agricultural theory, practice, and policy from the 1930s to the present. It introduces us to the people and institutions who forged alternatives to industrialized agriculture through a deep concern for the enduring fertility of the soil, a passionate commitment to human health, and a strong advocacy of economic justice for farmers.Randal Beeman and James Pritchard show that agricultural issues were central to the rise of the environmental movement in the United States. As family farms failed during the Depression, a new kind of agriculture was championed based on the holistic approach taught by the emerging science of ecology. Ecology influenced the permanent agriculture movement that advocated such radical concepts as long-term land use planning, comprehensive soil conservation, and organic farming. Then in the 1970s, sustainable agriculture combined many of these ideas with new concerns about misguided technology and an over-consumptive culture to preach a more sensible approach to farming.In chronicling the overlooked history of alternative agriculture, A Green and Permanent Land records the significant contributions of individualslike Rex Tugwell, Hugh Bennett, Louis Bromfield, Edward Faulkner, Russell and Kate Lord, Scott and Helen Nearing, Robert Rodale, Wes Jackson, and groups like Friends of the Land and the Practical Farmers of Iowa. And by demonstrating how agriculture also remains central to the public int |
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A Guide To Sustainable Agriculture $21.75 Stella Dawkins,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Webster’s Digital Services |
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A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview, Farming, Natural Resources, Soil Management Techniques, Economics, Mthods, and Urban Planning $16.91 Used – This book contains an overview of sustainable agriculture, farming, natural resources, soil management techniques, economics, methods, sustainable city, ecovillage, urban agriculture, vertical farming, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Web |
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A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview, Farming, Natural Resources, Soil Management Techniques, Economics, Mthods, and Urban Planning $13.93 New – This book contains an overview of sustainable agriculture, farming, natural resources, soil management techniques, economics, methods, sustainable city, ecovillage, urban agriculture, vertical farming, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webs |
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A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview, Farming, Natural Resources, Soil Management Techniques, Economics, Mthods, and Urban Planning $16.91 New – This book contains an overview of sustainable agriculture, farming, natural resources, soil management techniques, economics, methods, sustainable city, ecovillage, urban agriculture, vertical farming, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webs |
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A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview, Farming, Natural Resources, Soil Management Techniques, Economics, Mthods, and Urban Planning $13.93 Used – This book contains an overview of sustainable agriculture, farming, natural resources, soil management techniques, economics, methods, sustainable city, ecovillage, urban agriculture, vertical farming, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Web |
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A Humbling Experience: My First Few Years With Fell Ponies $45.38 Used – A Humbling Experience chronicles the first seven years of the author’slife with Fell Ponies. Touching on sustainable agriculture, naturalhealing, draft power, natural horsemanship, breed history andconservation, the author shares her experiences through a series ofessays illustrated with stunning photographs from the mountains ofColorado and the fells of Cumbria. |
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A Humbling Experience: My First Few Years With Fell Ponies $63.95 Used – A Humbling Experience chronicles the first seven years of the author’slife with Fell Ponies. Touching on sustainable agriculture, naturalhealing, draft power, natural horsemanship, breed history andconservation, the author shares her experiences through a series ofessays illustrated with stunning photographs from the mountains ofColorado and the fells of Cumbria. |
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A Humbling Experience: My First Few Years With Fell Ponies $63.95 Used – A Humbling Experience chronicles the first seven years of the author’slife with Fell Ponies. Touching on sustainable agriculture, naturalhealing, draft power, natural horsemanship, breed history andconservation, the author shares her experiences through a series ofessays illustrated with stunning photographs from the mountains ofColorado and the fells of Cumbria. |
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A Humbling Experience: My First Few Years With Fell Ponies $44.38 Used – A Humbling Experience chronicles the first seven years of the author’slife with Fell Ponies. Touching on sustainable agriculture, naturalhealing, draft power, natural horsemanship, breed history andconservation, the author shares her experiences through a series ofessays illustrated with stunning photographs from the mountains ofColorado and the fells of Cumbria. |
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A New Vision For Iowa Food And Agriculture $17.95 Francis Thicke, PhD, is a scientist, an expert on sustainable agriculture, and a practicing dairy farmer. He is widely consulted for his clear explanations of the economic and ecological forces that are changing the way we produce food in the modern world. This book draws from his background as an organic dairy farmer, and as a soil scientist who has served at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. as National Program Leader for Soil Science.This introductory book addresses to |
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