Alternative Economies
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From  Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our FoodFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market … | John Steinman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  GerminationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 3 explores the germination process, discussing the history of agricultural practice in Canada from pre-colonization, the adoption of Indigenous crops by white settlers, agricultural … | Devlin Kuyek | 3 | 2007 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 3: Small Is BeautifulPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 3 explores the possibilities of nanotechnology. Discussing the potential of biotechnology experiments, crops, algae, bacteria, fertilizers, medicines, and the creation of a new and unique … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Discoveries on the EdgeFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
My experience confirmed what can be achieved as a “sprinkle investor” holding a portfolio of small private-equity investments in promising mission-based companies. I love the … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Farm SubsidesFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
This chapter is primarily concerned with the ways in which farms subsidize us. First, most of the farmers who fall into this category of subsidizers own small to medium-sized farms, and they … | Gary S. Kleppel | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From Grocery StoresThe Food System’s Control Center From: Grocery Story |
The anti-competetive business as usual practiced by Canada’s grocery giants and the testing of the boundaries of the law is described. Lost in this regime is flavour, genetic diversity, and … | John Steinman | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From NationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 4 examines the connection between the agriculture, particularly wheat production, and the development of the Canadian nation, the prairie provinces, the genetics of red fife, cross … | Devlin Kuyek | 20 | 2007 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 4: BiophiliaPART II: RED EDEN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 4 examines the role biospheres and greenspaces will play in the Martian city. Discussing the Bloedel Conservatory, agriculture and architecture , the history of greenhouses and glass … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
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From CorporationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 5 examines the rise of corporations in agriculture in the 1970’s onward in Canada, The National Biotechnology Strategy 1983, policy reform, neoliberalism, and more. | Devlin Kuyek | 9 | 2007 | $0.90 Add |
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From InterludeFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes alternative, viable, models for grocery stores and the "food shed" of local retailers and growers in Nelson, BC, and Viroqua, Wisconsin. The grocery store chains … | John Steinman | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From Toward a Sustainable AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Sustainability is a set of principles that focus on three fundamental elements of durable societies. They are: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and ethical behavior. These elements, … | Gary S. Kleppel | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 5: Grass 2.0PART II: RED EDEN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 5 considers the challenges of growing and producing grains such as corn, rice and wheat on Mars. Discussing the history of grains and their domestications, Icelandic geothermal farming, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From CommodificationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 6 explores the commodification of the agricultural industry by seed corporations, GURTS, patents and intellectual property, Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds, plant breeders’ … | Devlin Kuyek | 30 | 2007 | $3.00 Add |
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From Enter the Co-opFrom: Grocery Story |
In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their … | John Steinman | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Sculpted by River and StoryFrom: Changing Tides |
Frid explores the impact of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) which despite being hard to see itself, its impacts are being felt and seen across coast British Columbia. Frid examines the … | Alejandro Frid | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Seeking Pathways to Sustainable FoodFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Food production has been transformed from a local affair into a complex web of supply chains crisscrossing the planet that miraculously deliver a multitude of foodstuffs right to our doorstep. … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
