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Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Adventures on the road to real-world self-sufficiency
Many of us want to increase our self-sufficiency, but few have access to the ideal 5 sunny, gently-sloping acres of rich, loamy, well-drained soil. Jenni Blackmore presents a highly entertaining, personal account of how permaculture can be practiced in adverse conditions, allowing anyone to learn to live more sustainably in a less-than-perfect world. With a rallying
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Publisher
CRC Press
Language
English
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Description
"With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the past - higher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reduction - can be counted on to come to the rescue. In fact, these solutions are now part of the problem. It is becoming quite clear that the only way to keep the food crisis from escalating is to promote...
Series
British Food Journal An international multi-disciplinary journal for the dissemination of food-related research volume Volume 118, Number 6
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Series
Welfare Economia Sociale e Svilluppo volume 9
Publisher
G. Giappichelli Editore
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Italiano
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening, Bonsall maintains that to achieve real wealth we first need to understand the economy of the land, to realize that things that might make sense economically don't always make sense ecologically, and vice versa. The marketplace distorts our values, and our modern dependence on petroleum in particular presents a serious barrier to creating a truly sustainable agriculture. In a friendly,...