Agriculture
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
 NEW! Dinner on MarsThe Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth |
From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars — and 9 billion Earthlings too … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 232 | 2022 | View |
 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, … | Jim Handy | 157 | 2022 | View |
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From NEW! “Swept Away through Injustice” |
Chapter 1 introduces the premise of the book, which is to reexamine the idea of progress that we tie to the evolution of industrial agriculture over the last 200 years. Examination of this period … | Jim Handy | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From Introduction, Consider the DunkarooFrom: A Matter of Taste |
In this chapter, Tucker begins with a discussion on the association of moral good and bad in relation to food habits. This leads into what constitutes good or bad food, and stresses four … | Rebecca Tucker | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction: the Martian SingularityFrom: Dinner on Mars |
The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The ProtagonistsFrom: Frontline Farmers |
This chapter is meant to introduce the farmer members of the National Farmers Union who share their key struggles, gathered together by topic. | Annette Aurélie Desmarais | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! “A Multiplication of Wretchedness” in England, 1750–1850 |
Chapter 2 examines England and Wales from the late 1700s and early 1800s, in the midst of what has often been called an agriculture revolution. This chapter argues that appreciation for the … | Jim Handy | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 1: ArrivalPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
In Chapter 1 the authors imagine what a Martian city would look like in the year 2080. Discussing the chosen location of the city, water access, resources and extraction, food, and how it would … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From Good FoodFrom: A Matter of Taste |
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From Recounting the Past, Counting on the Future: Stories of the NFUFrom: Frontline Farmers |
This chapter sets the stage, explaining the history and role of the National Farmers Union in Canada, as well as how the book is structured. | Nettie Wiebe | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2: FoundationPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 2 focuses on setting up the foundations for a Martian city. Discussing the establishment of a BaseTown, power, self-sufficiency, food sovereignty, self-reliance, solar energy, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From Fresh CitiesFrom: A Matter of Taste |
In this chapter, Tucker discusses farmers markets and chain grocery stores in a larger discussion of how the price of food dictates moral and ethical choices. This continues into understanding … | Rebecca Tucker | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom |
Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics … | Jim Handy | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 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 NEW! Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa |
Chapter 4 examines Guatemala during the mid-20th century, as various governments sought to “modernize” Mayan traditional milpa agriculture, resulting in a genocide directed at Mayan … | Jim Handy | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
