Facing unprecedented challenges including extreme weather events, shifting rainfall patterns, and rising temperatures, the agriculture sector is at an inflection point.
Facing unprecedented challenges including extreme weather events, shifting rainfall patterns, and rising temperatures, the agriculture sector is at an inflection point.
Sustainable agriculture is at a critical crossroads as global food demand rises alongside challenges such as soil degradation, climate change, and declining resource efficiency.
Sustainable agriculture is at a critical crossroads as global food demand rises alongside challenges such as soil degradation, climate change, and declining resource efficiency.
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system.
Explores how to reconnect with nature and use practical, nature-based magic for gardening and farming, fertility, and abundance Examines Moon work, plant magic, forest deities, Earth energies, weather magic, the cosmology of ritual, and how to work with land spirits Discusses folk magic traditions of North America and Western Europe, including the grimoire tradition, Western esotericism, alchemy, Kabbalah, and shamanism as well as Taoist principles and ReikiMagic and farming, in the minds of ancient people, were not separate realms of life, but both were woven inextricably into the way people lived.
Since their emergence, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become some of the most exciting and revolutionary nanomaterials due to their remarkable mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties.
Since their emergence, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become some of the most exciting and revolutionary nanomaterials due to their remarkable mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties.
Este libro es un viaje de regreso, un retorno al origen de los mejores alimentos que nutren nuestra despensa, a los espacios donde se crían o cultivan, y a los paisajes que la humanidad ha modelado durante siglos para obtener sus mejores frutos en armonía con la naturaleza.
Foregrounding African women's ingenuity and labor, this pioneering case study shows how women in rural Mali have used technology to ensure food security through the colonial period, environmental crises, and postcolonial rule.
Foregrounding African women's ingenuity and labor, this pioneering case study shows how women in rural Mali have used technology to ensure food security through the colonial period, environmental crises, and postcolonial rule.
'A powerful voice for things that matter' JAMES REBANKS'Absolutely brilliant' JEREMY CLARKSON'A must-read' JAMIE OLIVERThe first female president of the National Farmers Union in its 109-year history tells the story of how she fought tooth and nail for British farms through some of the country's most tumultuous years and what we need to do next.
Principles of Organic Farming is a practical oriented text about organic crop management that provides background information as well as details of ecology-improving practices.
Principles of Organic Farming is a practical oriented text about organic crop management that provides background information as well as details of ecology-improving practices.
Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented process.
Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Es stellt sich die Frage, ob der CO2-Fußabdruck dennoch ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit und Bewusstsein bei der Produktion und dem Konsum von Lebensmitteln sein kann oder tatsächlich nur einen Teil der Umweltproblematik widerspiegelt und die Systemgrenzen zu eng sind beziehungsweise andere essentielle Aspekte von Nachhaltigkeit unbedacht bleiben.
This book makes a compelling case for the urgent need to develop a new approach to food and farming-one that integrates the principles of food security and sovereignty.
As the sustainable agriculture movement has grown, there has been a dramatic increase in the production of horticultural crops in greenhouses worldwide.
Complex Systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment.
This transdisciplinary book explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in vineyards across a range of European countries.
This transdisciplinary book explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in vineyards across a range of European countries.
This book makes a compelling case for the urgent need to develop a new approach to food and farming-one that integrates the principles of food security and sovereignty.
Marginalizing Access to the Sustainable Food System is a comprehensive analysis of the barriers and opportunities confronting minority communities' ability to access healthy, fresh foods.
Marginalizing Access to the Sustainable Food System is a comprehensive analysis of the barriers and opportunities confronting minority communities' ability to access healthy, fresh foods.
Agrarian philosophy, a compelling worldview with advocates around the globe, encourages us to develop practices and policies that promote the sustainable health of the land, community, and culture.
Agrarian philosophy, a compelling worldview with advocates around the globe, encourages us to develop practices and policies that promote the sustainable health of the land, community, and culture.
In this book, Sharon Amos explains how to design and create a beautiful garden for little or no money, offering tips on bartering for clippings, getting a bargain at garage sales or neighbourhood fairs, digging up suckers or adapting wild species and controlling them in a garden environment.