Agriculture

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Chapter 7: The Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the Heavens

PART III: RED MEAT

From: Dinner on Mars

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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 … ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Class Formation in the Countryside

From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

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Community Nutrition Practice and Research

Integrating a Food Sovereignty Approach

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Conclusion

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

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New Dynamics of Control, Exclusion and Extraction The Politics of Control: Power, Access and the State Trajectories of Agrarian Change: Lessons and Implications Epilogue 12 $1.20 Add
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Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the … 10 $1.00 Add
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Livestock

From: Resilient Agriculture

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This chapter features case studies of livestock ranchers in different climates and highlights the effects they are feeling from climate change and the innovations they are using to adapt and … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter explores the qualities and behaviours of resilient systems, which come in different shapes, kinds, and sizes. The author explores qualities that cultivate resilience such as … 24 $2.40 Add
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7. The Energy Turnaround

“Electrifying Everything”

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the … ; ; ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Chapter 8: Old MacDonald Had an iFarm

PART IV: RED DAWN

From: Dinner on Mars

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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 … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Complexitiies of Class

From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

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Growing Community

Community Gardens as a Local Practice of Food Sovereignty

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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New Times, New Tools

Managing For Resilience

From: Resilient Agriculture

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This chapter summarizes the key innovations and practices that the farmers featured in the book have implemented to deal with climate change and describes the main attributes of a sustainable … 42 $4.20 Add
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The Rules of Resilience

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter explores rules of resilience, which are: to Cultivate diverse networks of reciprocal relationship, to Cultivate regional self-reliance, and to Cultivate the accumulation of … 15 $1.50 Add
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8. From “Winner Take All” Capitalism to Earth4All Economies

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 8 examines what the transition to the Earth4All model would look like, discussing topics including the increase in government intervention (subsidies, incentives, and regulations) to … ; ; ; ; ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Chapter 9: Closed Loops

PART IV: RED DAWN

From: Dinner on Mars

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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, … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate

From: Resilient Agriculture

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The final chapter of the book looks beyond the farm and assesses ways for the entire food production system – from farm to table – to become more resilient. Everything from … 34 $3.40 Add