Land & Food
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From  The Slow MoneyFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Slow Money argues for the diversion of capital from global markets to local markets – to farms, farmers’ markets, and restaurants within one’s own foodshed. Slow Money creates … | Gary S. Kleppel | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Way ForwardPART 3 |
This chapter muses on the way forward from here for our food system, looking to social-ecological resilience thinking, which offers new concepts, a new language and an effective framework for … | Laura Lengnick | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
 NEW! Tiny Engines of AbundanceA History of Peasant Productivity and Repression |
This book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, … | 157 | View | ||
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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  TransformationPart I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 1 discusses agriculture and its relationship to the evolutionary process of seeds, the Green Revolution, the rise of transnational seed corporations, and more. | Devlin Kuyek | 11 | 2007 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Understanding Adaptive CapacityPART 1 |
This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. The … | Laura Lengnick | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Understanding ExposureFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the ways that climate change impacts different regions and different crops, and outlines the effects that environmental changes will have on the highly delicate balance that … | Laura Lengnick | 24 | 2015 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! Understanding ExposurePART 1 |
This chapter talks about exposure and dealing with climate change, offering some climate change adaptation concepts that help to clarify options that reduce climate risk and cultivate the climate … | Laura Lengnick | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From Understanding SensitivityFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … | Laura Lengnick | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! Understanding SensitivityPART 1 |
This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … | Laura Lengnick | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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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 NEW! VegetablesPART 4 |
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. It … | Laura Lengnick | 58 | 2022 | $5.80 Add |
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From NEW! Waking Up to Climate ChangePART 1 |
The author talks about climate change, her own experiences and activities in the world of climate action and lessons she’s learned, resilience thinking, and hope. She also introduces the … | Laura Lengnick | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Weighing the AlternativesFrom: Belongings |
Sally Miller | 43 | 2016 | $4.30 Add |
