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This classic has now taught generations of gardeners how to use the natural benefits of plants to protect and support each other. Here is a reader's complete reference to which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which plants just don't get along. Here is a complete guide to using companion planting to grow a better garden.
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 321 p. : charts, ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital nutrients, but centuries of intensive agriculture have depleted our soils to historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today may have less than half of the vitamins and minerals that the equivalent serving would have contained a hundred years ago. This is a matter for serious concern, since poor nutrition has been linked to myriad health problems including cancer, heart disease,...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
405 p. : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her latest cookbook, Deborah Madison, America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking and author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, reveals the surprising relationships between vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs within the same botanical families, and how understanding these connections can help home cooks see everyday vegetables in new light. For over three decades, Deborah Madison has been at the vanguard of the vegetarian cooking movement,...
5) Growing food in a hotter, drier land: lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty
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Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
x, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to harvest water and nutrients, select drought-tolerant plants, and create natural diversity. Because climatic uncertainty has now become "the new normal," many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more resilient in the face of such "global weirding." This book draws upon the wisdom and technical knowledge from desert farming traditions all around the world...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are already affecting farmers globally. Fowler's journey is just beginning: From Rome to Russia and, finally, a remote island under the Arctic Circle, Fowler's passionate and personal journey may hold the key to saving the...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, rural third-generation Canadian farmer, Percy Schmeiser, goes up against an agricultural corporate giant to save his livelihood after he is sued by the corporation for allegedly using their patented seeds.
Author
Publisher
Duckworth Overlook
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Physical Desc
x, 453 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sugar: A Bittersweet History is a compelling and surprising look at the sweet commodity, from how it Africanized the cane fields of the Caribbean to how it fueled the Industrial Revolution and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution. The book explores the hidden stories behind this sweet product, revealing how powerful American interests deposed Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii, how Hitler tried to ensure a steady supply of beet sugar when enemies threatened...
9) The antidote
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271 pages
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English
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Can genetically modified seeds provide the antidote for climate change?
A geneticist has developed plants that could stem the tide of climate change, but when grad student Lila finds him murdered, she flees the scene with the seeds. To escape the killer, she hitches a ride with an eccentric duo and a secret payload that could land them all in prison. Chased by ruthless thieves, the three must rely on their wits, uncover the mystery of these potent...
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Publisher
Island Press/Shearwater Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xxiii, 223 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country’s famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collecting hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity...
Publisher
Institute for Responsible Technology
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creatures. [This book] tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut"--Dust jacket flap.
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