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Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This accessible introductory guide features original photography tracking the growth and care of a small flock of backyard ducks, and addresses everything the beginner duck keeper needs to know to be successful, including breed selection, housing, feeding, health care, understanding behavior, and egg and meat production"--
4) The immaculate conception of data: agribusiness, activists, and their shared politics of the future
Author
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
Author
Publisher
Palmetto Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A how-to guide on navigating the highs and lows of being a professional Ag pilot."
"For many young and up-and-coming pilots, a career in the aerial application industry seems like a dream job. But while it is a rewarding profession, it's not always as fun as it appears. So how do we as pilots know if it's the right choice? With over four decades of flying experience, Ag pilot Rick McCord offers practical guidance on the various pitfalls and perks...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard-trained sociologist (and vegan), exploring the history of the vegan movement and its present-day tensions, grapples with the most fundamental questions of all: Is there a truly ethical way to eat?, which results in an eye-opening portrait of how social change happens, with profound implications for our plates--and our planet.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed "chef writer" Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes that come together in a single restaurant dish, creating an entertaining, vivid snapshot of the contemporary restaurant community, modern farming industry, and food-supply chain.--
Author
Publisher
Yeehoo Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this story that is at once an education on pecan farming and a reminder of the importance of family histories and legacies, a young girl's grandfather plants a pecan tree when she is born and then teaches her how to care for it throughout all the seasons of the year. Includes pecan facts.
Author
Publisher
Charlotte Walsh
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Stop depending on expensive and unreliable food sources and supply yourself and your family with your own bountiful harvest."
"In this easy-to-follow survival gardening book, you will discover: 15 great growers that are easy to grow and delicious to eat; how to set up your garden beds based on the space you have available ; the trick to sowing, propagating, and transplanting, so that you maximie your crop yield and minimize loss ; how to outwit...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
An expatriate French couple operates an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of 'hill people' families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This ... book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the supermarket, in your kitchen, and in the world--to reduce your environmental impact. Hundreds of cool foods exist, but until now have gone largely uncelebrated for their climate-positive powers. Some of these foods may already...