Food Security

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Anti-Terrorism

Security and Insecurity after 9/11

 This edited collection critically analyzes the concept of “terrorism,” the Canadian and American government responses to terrorist activity since the events of 9/11 and the problem of … 221 View

Food Sovereignty

Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community

 Advocating a practical, radical change to the way much of our food system currently operates, this book argues that food sovereignty is the means to achieving a system that will provide for the … ; 224 View

In Defense of Small Producers

The Story of CLAC

 In an international geopolitical panorama where Northern countries are increasingly in crisis and where the most interesting alternatives to sustainable development are coming from the South, the … 237 View

Resilient Agriculture

Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate

 Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to the productivity and profitability of agriculture in North America. More variable weather, drought and flooding create the most obvious … 370 View
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Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate

 Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food. CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTS an unprecedented challenge to food and farming in the U.S. and beyond. … 368 View

Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies

Financialization, Food, and Agriculture

 In Speculative Harvests, Clapp and Isakson investigate the evolving relationship between the agrifood and financial sectors, paying particular attention to how the contemporary process of … ; 196 View
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Tiny Engines of Abundance

A 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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“Swept Away through Injustice”

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

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 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 … 8 $0.80 Add
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A Movement in Constant Motion…

From: In Defense of Small Producers

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Security, Insecurity, and Human Rights

Contexualizing Post - 9/11

From: Anti-Terrorism

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Sustaining Agriculture in a Changing Climate

From: Resilient Agriculture

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 This chapter provides a brief history of agricultural practices and outlines the different crops and livestock that are cultivated in different environments. The chapter goes on to discuss how … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Origins & Potential of Food Sovereignty

From: Food Sovereignty

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Waking Up to Climate Change

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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 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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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What is the Link Between Food and Finance?

From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies

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“A Multiplication of Wretchedness” in England, 1750–1850

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

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 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 … 21 $2.10 Add
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Climate Change is Changing the Weather

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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 This chapter presents current and projected changes in weather-related challenges across the U.S. It presents specific examples of unprecedented disruptions and shocks associated with climate … 18 $1.80 Add