Agrarian Change

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Agriculture and the Generation Problem Agrarian Changes and Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	Despite predictions that they are destined to disappear, smallholder or family farms still number more than 500 million worldwide, and account for more than 90 percent of all the world’s …	Ben White	160	2020	View
From NEW! Chapter 1: Arrival PART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 10: Ballrooms of Mars PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 10 offers a reflection on what a night out would look like for both the authors in the Martian city in 2080. Discussion recreation, work life, pubs, music and dancing, first and second …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2: Foundation PART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 3: Small Is Beautiful PART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 4: Biophilia PART II: RED EDEN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 5: Grass 2.0 PART II: RED EDEN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Chapter 6: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Cow PART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 6 explores the possibilities of milk, meat, and cattle raising on Mars. Discussing the resources needed for dairy cows, lactose intolerance, plant-based “milk” technology, …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7: The Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the Heavens PART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 7 examines where birds and seafood fit into the diet of the future Martian city. Discussing seafood, meat as part of human history , fisheries, salmon, climate change, Wildtype’s …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: Old MacDonald Had an iFarm PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 8 considered what farming and farmers will look like in a Martian city. Discussing the family farm, labour on Mars, agricultural technology, labour shortages, the smart tractor, AI and …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 9: Closed Loops PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 9 focuses on the creation and maintaining of a closed loop system for the Martian community. Discussing recycling, problems of the industrial revolution, circular food systems, …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	17	2022	$1.70 Add
From Commodification Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	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
From NEW! Conclusion: Upgrading the Operating System PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	The Conclusion reflects on the current batch of space agencies and billionaires blasting off for outer space, SpaceX, the Covid-19 pandemic, our ability to develop innovative scientific …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From Corporation Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	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
NEW! Dinner on Mars The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth ECW Press	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
From NEW! Generationing Agrarian Transformation From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem View Fernwood Publishing	Topics covered in this chapter include: Colonial agrarian transformations, Socialist agrarian transformations, China and the Soviet Union, Corporate Farming, the Green Revolution, and an …	Ben White	38	2020	$3.80 Add