Beginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s, organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy, marketing, and research. No longer dismissed a
Farms are busy places throughout the year. Animals are born; fields are plowed and planted, and crops are harvested. The winters are quiet, but there are always chores to be done . . . and soon sprin
Explore the natural world with Gail Gibbons in this introduction to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons."Gibbons depicts aspects of farm life with her characteristic bright colo
Explore the natural world with Gail Gibbons in this introduction to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons."Gibbons depicts aspects of farm life with her characteristic bright colo
The America many people would like to believe in is convincingly explored in this volume of poems by a writer close to the heart of things. The sanity and eloquence of these poems spring from the land
Visits a vegetable farm in Ohio and a cattle ranch in Nebraska to examine the machines, people, work, and environmental concerns involved with bringing vegetables and cattle to market
In a picture-book format, the Canada at Work series introduces young children to the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in farming. It features a year-round, in-depth look at two kin
Farms are busy places throughout the year. Animals are born; fields are plowed and planted, and crops are harvested. The winters are quiet, but there are always chores to be done . . . and soon sprin
An interest in rural life and culture has long been a feature of ethnology in Scotland and this installment of the significant ethnological series documents that necessary element of Scottish history.
Molecular farming in plants is a relatively young subject of sciences. As plants can offer an inexpensive and convenient platform for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins with various fu
It is easy to feel overwhelmed and depressed by all the threats facing modern agriculture--threats to the environment, to the health and safety of our food, to the economic and cultural viability of f
The first of three planned volumes dealing with techniques and technology of agriculture in Europe from 600 AD to the 17th century. Discusses methodological approaches to study of the era, development
