Agriculture
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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  Neoliberal Globalization and World Agriculture |
- | Henry Bernstein | 10 | 2010 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Repeasantization |
- | Jan Douwe van der Ploeg | 7 | 2013 | $0.77 Add |
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From  NEW! The Way of the PeasantFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Way of the Peasant begins with the impact of industrial agriculture on peasant farmers in India, before focusing on the resistance to these impacts through the anti-globalization and … | John Restakis | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Value-Chain ControlRelations of Debt and Dependency |
Industrial Value-Chain Agriculture and Transnational Capital Control Grabbing and the Spatio-Temporal Fix Conclusion | Ben M. McKay | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! 5. The Empowerment Turnaround“Achieving Gender Equity” From: Earth for All |
Chapter 5 examines the challenges of achieving gender equity and empowerment. Topics discussed include financial independence and economic security, family size and affordability, access and … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 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 Agrarian Extractivism and the Politics of Control |
Extractivism, Neo-Extractivism and Agrarian Extractivism Agrarian Extractivism in Bolivia Agrarian Extractivism and the Politics of Control Conclusion | Ben M. McKay | 32 | 2020 | $3.20 Add |
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From Capitalist Agriculture and Non-Capitalist Farmers |
- | Henry Bernstein | 12 | 2010 | $1.44 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 6: I Can’t Believe It’s Not CowPART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars |
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 |
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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  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 |
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From  PrivatizationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 7 focuses on privatization, private seed companies versus public varieties, monopoly rights, the SeCan Association, competition and Secrecy, and the case study of soybean production in Canada. | Devlin Kuyek | 25 | 2007 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Food Regime and Value RelationsWhich Values? |
- | Philip McMichael | 28 | 2013 | $2.80 Add |
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From  The Limits of Farmer-ControlFood Sovereignty and Conflicts over the Canadian Wheat Board |
- | Andre Magnan | 20 | 2010 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! 6. The Food TurnaroundMaking the Food System Healthy for People and Planet From: Earth for All |
Chapter 6 examines the challenges of food security and the future of agriculture, discussing topics including our current effects on the earth’s biosphere, the need for a new agricultural … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
