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The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out. That's the...

Do you really know what’s for dinner? The Blue Plate is the perfect dinner companion for food lovers who also care about the planet. Ecologist Mark Easter offers a detailed picture of the impact the foods you love have on the earth. Organized by the ingredients of a typical dinner party...

In today's market, range-rearing of swine can provide the family farm with a key venture for diversification and provide a good cash flow - perhaps no other large animal enterprise offers as fast a turnaround on investment. With the informed consumer expressing concerns about the issues with factory farming and willing to pay a premium to get a healthy, quality alternative - range-produced pork is more and more the right answer. This comprehensive book on raising hogs the natural way includes sections on housing, fencing, selection, breeding, herd maintenance, feeds, marketing and more.

Providing everything you need to know about raising and training strong, healthy horses, this all-inclusive guide will take you from being a novice to expert handler in no time.

Greyhounds, streaks of lightning, were bred to be the fastest dogs on earth. Yet for decades, tens of thousands were destroyed, abandoned, and abused each year when they couldn't run fast enough. Scrappy Marion Fitzgibbon, whose empathy for animals made her relentless, became obsessed with saving these dogs - despite the overwhelming power of dog-racing proponents - when she became head of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

An impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction, by a scientist who has been called a "codebreaker" (Telegraph) and "an inspiration" (Jane Goodall) Carlos Magdalena is not your average horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered...

From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe: the chicken. Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Catholic popes, African shamans, Chinese philosophers, and Muslim mystics praised it.

Even if you live in the city and have never gardened or raised livestock you CAN become self-sufficient. Homesteading for Beginners will help you develop a realistic plan and budget and provide the resources you need to begin down the path to self-reliance.

After years of working at the ends of the earth in human rights and development, Brent Preston and his wife were die-hard city dwellers. But when their second child arrived, the shine came off urban living. In 2003, they bought a hundred acres and a rundown farmhouse and set out to build a real farm, one that would sustain their family, nourish their community, heal their environment, and turn a profit.

Have you tried to learn about raising sheep before, but nothing seems to offer enough information for you to complete this task successfully? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your thoughts about failure and discover something that works for you? If so, then you've come to the right place. Raising sheep need not be difficult, even if you have tried it in the past without success. The number of small-scale sheep farmers in the US is on the rise.

How did people eat before giant corporations stocked grocery stores? It's a complex question that many people are facing now more than ever. In recent years, we've seen trends in panic-buying, chemicals infiltrating our produce, and our foods being processed with artificial products. What's happened to the food we eat? What purpose is the land in our backyard serving? Homesteading is having a new surge in popularity as people look for more ways to become self-sustaining.

¿Estás cansado de ver como otras personas generan ingresos con un producto tan demandado como los huevos de gallina y te gustaría que el próximo caso de éxito sea el tuyo? De ser así, sigue leyendo hasta el final. La cría de gallinas ponedoras es un negocio que ha llamado mucho la atención de las personas que se han animado (y se siguen animando) a emprender este negocio. El motivo es muy simple: al ser un producto tan demandado en casi todo el mundo es muy fácil mantener un flujo estable de dinero. Como cualquier actividad de cría de animales o insectos, la cría de gallinas ...

Homesteading has been on the rise lately as more and more people are deciding to become self-sufficient. But where do you even begin? "The Self Sufficient Life" is here to help you navigate the exciting and rewarding journey of homesteading! In this comprehensive eBook, you will explore the benefits of self-sufficiency and discover how to find and assess the perfect land to start your homestead. You'll dive into essential skills such as composting, basic carpentry, and seed saving, and learn how to raise livestock, grow your own crops, and preserve your food. "The Ultimate Homesteading ...

Whether you want to raise goats for the money or just for the fun of it - you’ve come to the right place! Have you always wanted to have goats running around in your backyard, but were intimidated by everything it would entail? With this clear-cut and easy-to-understand guide, you’ll feel completely confident in your ability to look after your herd, and you’ll quickly find yourself part of a growing and heartwarming community of goat farmers. No more doubts, no more feeling overwhelmed, and no more not knowing where to start.

Jailed as a scapegoat for Stalin's famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collected hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity. Gary Paul Nabhan weaves together Vavilov's story with his own expeditions to Earth's richest agricultural landscapes and the cultures that tend them.

Dr Joanna McMillan cuts through the nonsense, bust the myths and misconceptions and translates the extraordinary emerging science the gut-brain link, that explains just how your food choices impact your health and happiness. Each episode explains the everyday science, but also tells you exactly what you should be eating to improve your brain performance.

Organic No-Till Farming offers a map to an organic farming system that limits tillage, reduces labor, and improves soil structure. Based on the latest research by pioneering agriculturists, this book offers new technologies and tools based on sound biological principles, making it possible to reduce and even eliminate tillage. Field-tested over many seasons, these methods make cover crops into a source of fertility as well as a tool for weed management. As traditional tillage turns into rotational tillage, natural soil biology is maximized and synthetic inputs are minimized. For organic ...

Transforma los deliciosos sabores de los productos de cosecha propia o de origen local en delicias eternas dominando el arte del enlatado y la conservación con estilo y sin esfuerzo... ¿Alguna vez has contemplado tu huerto desbordando y has deseado que la abundancia de la temporada durara todo el año? ¿O tal vez has paseado por los mercados de agricultores locales, abrumado por el deseo de saborear cada bocado fresco solo un poco más de tiempo?

Grow resilient, locally adapted food—no chemicals, no coddling, no stress. Tired of babying plants that refuse to thrive? In Landrace Gardening: Food Security Through Biodiversity and Promiscuous Pollination, author and adaptation gardener Joseph Lofthouse reveals a revolutionary approach to growing food that thrives under real-world conditions—without expensive inputs or rigid control. Joseph’s methods empower you to grow crops that adapt themselves to your unique garden, saving you time, money, and frustration—while increasing abundance and food security. In this book, you’ll ...

This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers.