Agribusiness and primary industries

Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam.

Stephen Pyne has been described as having a consciousness "e;composed of equal parts historian, ecologist, philosopher, critic, poet, and sociologist.

2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyers Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed Logging Capital of the World and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests.

2011 Winner of the Hal K.

Forests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities--Bangando, Baka, Bakwle, and Mbomam--in the Lobk forest region of southeastern Cameroon.

Every person on the planet is entangled in a web of ecological relationships that link farms and factories with human consumers.

Iceland, Greenland, Northern Norway, and the Faroe Islands lie on the edges of Western Europe, in an area long portrayed by travelers as remote and exotic - its nature harsh, its people reclusive.

The Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior.

It can be said that all of human history is environmental history, for all human action happens in an environmentin a place.

Margaret Elley Felts autobiographical Gyppo Logger, originally published in 1963, tells a story almost universally overlooked in the history of the logging industry: the emergence of family-based, independent contract or "e;gyppo"e; loggers in the post-World War II timber economy, and the crucial role of women within that economy.

Winner of the 2012 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental HistoryIn the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta has emerged as one of Vietnams most important economic regions.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world.

Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes.

Using the lens of nutrition security and equity for the living beings and living systems of the planet, Nutrition Security for Planetary Health takes an integrated, systems approach that not only delineates the antecedents of the multifaceted environmental crises-but offers solutions including the extensive co-benefits of whole plant foods nutrition as the foundational dietary pattern for improving planetary health.

An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming.

An analysis of how responsive governance has shaped the evolution of global fisheries in cyclical patterns of depletion and rebuilding dubbed the “management treadmill.

How global forest management shifted from an integrated conservation model to a bifurcated system of timber plantations and protected areas.

Sunshades in October (1963) argues that under certain circumstances economic domestic restraint will in fact do precisely the opposite.

Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous.

Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world.

The art and craft of winemaking has put down roots in Middle America, where enterprising vintners coax reds and whites from the prairie earth while their businesses stand at the hub of a new tradition of community and conviviality.

In this innovative grassroots to global study, Kathleen Mapes explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labor.

Works of Distinction, LDEI M.

Gus Flesor came to the United States from Greece in 1901.

In the first half of the twentieth century, a major change occurred in Egyptian nationalist understandings of imperialism and economic sovereignty.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, Second Edition pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

Originally published in 1962, this book was a study of British agricultural policy since the Second World War - during a period which saw the adoption of a comprehensive system of agricultural support which stood in marked contrast to the free trade policy adhered to previously.

The management of natural resources plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of all countries.

Project Management Tools and Techniques: A Guide to Good Practice presents a unique approach to the teaching of project management by blending theory, application, and case studies.

Originally published in 1967, this book discusses the attempt in ancient and modern times to exploit one of the great mineral areas of Europe.

Foodborne illness is a big problem.

The management of natural resources plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of all countries.

Nano-bioinoculants: Smart Tools for Modern Agriculture discusses the interactions between nanoparticles and soil-plants-microbiome systems in a single-volume book designed to guide improvements in sustainable agriculture i.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, Second Edition pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

Become a mobile food mogul with advice from an industry expertThis book is fully stocked with everything you need to know to join the ranks of foodies-on-wheels.

Learn to start and run your own coffee bar with tips to brewing successThe caffeine-lover in you has always wanted to start your own coffee bar--and all the guidance you'll need is right here in your hands!

Around 90% of all new restaurants fail in the first year of operation.

Where everybody knows their name.

Making the dream a reality?

The central aim of this book is to investigate and develop frameworks to aid effective maintenance management of municipal buildings in the education sector of developing economies.

How does Britain get its food?

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A PRACTICAL, ACCESSIBLE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE SECRET TO LASTING WEIGHT LOSS AND HOW YOU CAN GET IN SHAPE WITHOUT COUNTING CALORIES 'A compelling look at the science of appetite and metabolism' Vogue'Fascinating science' ITV _______________What we've been told about our diet has been all wrong.

Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the I Ching has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century.

Industrial Decarbonization: Materials, Methods, and Developments offers a timely and in-depth exploration of the technologies and strategies reshaping high-emission industries in the global push toward carbon neutrality.

Using economic models and empirical analysis, this volume examines a wide range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues and their effects on American agricultural and related agrarian insurance markets.

Feeding the world's growing population is a critical policy challenge for the twenty-first century.

Shows how the widespread use of food dyes influenced understanding of food, science, and technology, as well as trust in science.

For most people, grocery shopping is a mundane activity.

The Nature of the Future plumbs the innovative, far-ranging, and sometimes downright strange agricultural schemes of nineteenth-century farms in the northern US.