Land & Food
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From  VegetablesFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter features case studies of vegetable farmers in different regions and describes the methods they use to adapt to the changing climate and promote sustainability on their own farms. … | Laura Lengnick | 38 | 2015 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Weighing the AlternativesFrom: Belongings |
- | Sally Miller | 43 | 2016 | $4.30 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  NEW! Envisioning the Future of Agroecological Food Systems |
In this chapter the authors summarize that agroecological agriculture must also be based on equity, participation, democracy, and justice, that is not only sustainable but helps restore and … | Dana James | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From Fruits and NutsFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter features case studies of fruit and nut growers and describes the ways in which they adapt to climate change and promote sustainable growing practices. These include using overhead … | Laura Lengnick | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Generation RisingFrom: The Color of Food |
Portrait 1: Tierra Negra. Tahz Walker and Cristina Rivera-Chapman, Tierra Negra Farms Portrait 2: Breaking Down Borders. Kandace Vallejo, Ivon Diaz, Cristina Dominguez-Eshelman, Manny Garcia … | Natasha Bowens | 59 | 2015 | $5.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Kerala: A Return to the Future |
Chapter 6 examines the Indian state of Kerala, a small state in the southwest of the subcontinent that had been the site of ongoing reforms beginning almost immediately after its formation in … | Jim Handy | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From Landing For ChangeFrom: Belongings |
- | Sally Miller | 6 | 2016 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Managing Climate Risk: Adaptation StoriesPART 1 |
This book shares the adaptation stories of more than 40 sustainable farmers and ranchers growing food across the U.S.. Sections include: Farmers and Ranchers in the Northwest and Southwest … | Laura Lengnick | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 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 |
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From  Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms?From: Emergent Agriculture |
Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an … | Gary S. Kleppel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! A New Way to Think About SolutionsPART 2 |
This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the … | Laura Lengnick | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Beautiful ProtestFrom: Changing Tides |
This chapter will draw on the parallels between BC’s coastal First Nations and other Indigenous groups who have been integrating the traditional and the modern (including science) to … | Alejandro Frid | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Conclusion: “A Sweet Habit of the Blood” |
The conclusion reflects on the author’s hopes that the book could help portray the hardships and resilience peasants have displayed over the last 200 years across the globe. | Jim Handy | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From Diversity in AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
For the farmer, biodiversity is both domestic and wild, and a farm can be a place where biodiversity flourishes or from which it is excluded. The way farmers relate to biodiversity distinguishes … | Gary S. Kleppel | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From GrainsFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter features case studies of grain growers and describes the ways in which they adapt to climate change and promote sustainable growing practices. These include placing a greater … | Laura Lengnick | 36 | 2015 | $3.60 Add |
