Agriculture and farming

A beginner’s guide to keeping hens with info on over fifty breeds, plus housing, feeding, daily care, disease prevention, egg production, breeding, & more.

Grown your own food with expert gardener Joe Swift.

Create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift.

Small-scale sheep keeping is one of the major growth areas of livestock breeding.

The Wild Life is John Lewis-Stempel's account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm.

Getting your goat has never been easier.

Increasing numbers of urban dwellers has led to many of us feeling alienated from the natural world.

A pocket-sized book that serves as a reminder of the many surprising facts about the medicinal and environmental value of cannabis sativa.

Mycroft has turned detective.

Here is an easy-to-understand, beautifully illustrated guide to making cheese.

Although the American cowboy has long been a favorite subject for novelists, filmmakers, and illustrators, too often the picture they paint bears little relation to reality.

Here is an easy-to-understand, beautifully illustrated guide to making cheese.

Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um ein Buch für die ganze Familie und es klärt dich über einiges im Bereich Ernährung, Hühnerhaltung, "Fleischproduktion", etc.

When you're growing veg for the first time it can be hard to know where to start and even more difficult to find inspiring advice that isn't completely incomprehensible.

En la obra se analizan los principales factores, variables y atributos que permiten aproximarse a la realidad agraria y rural del departamento de Casanare como escenario para reconocer su importancia, asi como exaltar sus oportunidades en virtud de construir propuestas de desarrollo sostenible a traves de la multifuncionalidad de la agricultura, la multidimensionalidad rural y los diferentes actores territoriales.

Ratgeber für Geflügelhalter, die wenige Hühner in ihrer Umgebung halten wollen.

Debido al grave impacto que tienen hoy en día los sistemas productivos agropecuarios en todos los ámbitos (local, rural, regional y global); se hace necesario proponer estrategias que prolonguen la existencia de todos los seres vivos, incluida una forma de vida sostenible y saludable para la humanidad.

From Afghan and Airedale to Westie and Wolfhound, Collins need to know?

This practical and accessible book is the ultimate guide to riding safely and confidently.

This one-stop practical guide will show you how to look after a cat or kitten.

There are few things more endearing than baby animals, but their charm belies their struggle for survival.

This one-stop practical guide will show you how to own or look after a horse or pony.

The first human attempts to collect honey from wild bees were some 15,000 years ago, while the Ancient Egyptians depicted domesticated bees around 4,500 years ago.

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys?

Everything You Need to Know about Natural Parasite Control for Livestock, All in One Place!

Collins need to know?

The Collins Dog Owner's Guides are authoritative and practical in approach, superbly illustrated and accessible, ideal for pedigree dog owners.

In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes.

A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain.

Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe term 'microbiomes' encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years.

An eye-opening look at how the world will feed itself in the coming decadesBy now it is clear that the techniques of the first "e;Green Revolution"e; that averted mass starvation a generation ago --pesticides, chemical fertilizers, focusing on a few key crops--are threatening the food supply for future generations.

Wisi Zgraggen war seit zwei Jahren verheiratet und Vater eines Buben, als er mit 25 mit dem Gedanken spielte, den Hof seines Vaters Alois in Erstfeld im Kanton Uri zu übernehmen.

Salatin es el granjero mas polemico y activo de los Estados Unidos.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe term 'microbiomes' encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years.

Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced.

A major history of early Americans' ideas about conservationFifty years after the American Revolution, the yeoman farmers who made up a large part of the new country's voters faced a crisis.

Wisi Zgraggen war seit zwei Jahren verheiratet und Vater eines Buben, als er mit 25 mit dem Gedanken spielte, den Hof seines Vaters Alois in Erstfeld im Kanton Uri zu übernehmen.

America's master home brewer shows you how to make the best beers on the world.

A lifetime's fishing experiences written by one of the UK's leading fly fishermen.