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English
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Wendell Berry?s profound critique of American culture has entered its sixth decade, and in this new gathering he reaches with deep devotion toward a long view of Agrarian philosophy. Mr. Berry believes that American cultural problems are nearly always aligned with their agricultural problems, and recent events have shone a terrible spotlight on the divides between our urban and rural citizens. Our communities are as endangered as our landscapes. There...
Author
Publisher
Academic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps unique in addressing this challenge. It focuses on ideas, strategies, techniques and practices spanning many disciplines at the interface of agriculture with: forestry, horticulture, plant physiology, genetics, ecology, soil science, food science, economics, and the social and environmental...
Series
Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Covers events and developments, from the origins of plant cultivation and animal husbandry, in different parts of the world to innovations in techniques, the development of modern farming equipment, the introduction of chemical fertilizers, and experiments in the genetic engineering of food plants and animals.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. A progenitor of the slow food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest. “Eating is an agriculture act,” he writes. Indeed, we are all players in the food economy. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful...
Publisher
Copper Quartz Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The documentary will examine how getting back to the land is tied to other movements such as Black Lives Matter, Idle No More, and Times Up. It is a feature film that presents four stories of people living life on their terms, serving as leaders and role models who are lending their voice to the underdog and leading a revolution to a better world, from the ground up! An Indigenous-owned, youth-run organic farm in Hawaii, and Black urban grower in...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 305 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to...
Publisher
[Meredith Corp., etc.]
Pub. Date
1902-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 29-31 cm
Language
English
Description
Includes various special sections or issues annually: 1968- Harvesting issue (usually no. 7 or 8); 1968- Crop planning issue (usually no. 12; title varies slightly); Machinery management issue (usually no. 2); 1970- Crop planting issue (usually no. 4; title varies slightly).
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and...
18) Farming it
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin company
Pub. Date
1909.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
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