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"Practical No-Till Farming is the ultimate guide to getting started with organic no-till growing methods. Coverage includes pros and cons of different no-till methods, customizing no-till for your farm, detailed how-to for each method, relative costs, handling pernicious weeds, and boosting soil health and crop yield."--
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Improved drought tolerance, resistance to disease, and increased fruiting are just a few of the ways mycorrhizal fungi can enhance plant performance. Bestselling author Jeff Lowenfels clearly explains how beneficial fungi can make or bread a plant's success, and how to best optimize the advantages. Applicable to all types of cultivation - from agriculture to horticulture and ornamental gardens to legal cannabis propagation - Teaming with Fungi reveals...
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"Gardening Under Lights is a highly-detailed, accessible guide for seed starters, plant collectors, houseplant fans, and anyone who wants to successfully garden indoors any time of the year. You'll learn the basics of photosynthesis, the science of light, how to accurately measure how much light a plant needs, and details about the most up-to-date tools and gear available. Also included are tips and techniques for helping ornamental plants (like orchids,...
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Los expertos vaticinan que las futuras guerras serán por alimentos y recursos naturales como el agua, ante su creciente escasez. Un ejemplo de ello se vivió en México, donde la crisis de sequía que se registró entre 1997 y 2003 en el occidente del país casi derivó en un enfrentamiento entre grupos afectados de dos estados que forman parte de la cuenca Lerma Chapala. Sin embargo, cuestiones como estas tienen solución e incluso pueden llevar...
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It took a crop failure to learn my biggest lesson in farming:
Row-cropping was an expensive gamble-but raising cattle on grass alone is almost guaranteed income.
The next couple of decades proved my observation right.
What people think is modern farming can lead them to bankruptcy, but grazing cattle according to Nature's principles makes farming income-and profits-predictable.
In this short volume are the condensed lessons on how rotational grazing...
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Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's yearlong quest to learn more about the forgotten, yet fundamental, native bees of North America.
Honey bees get all the press, but the story of North America's native bees-- an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies-- is just as crucial. Embry explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. She goes on a bee hunt with...
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The Scything Handbook brings centuries-old Austrian scything techniques into the 21st century. This elegant and effective tool can mow lawns, harvest small crops, and cut back wildflower meadows without disrupting wildlife. Detailed illustrations cover scythe assembly, perfecting the stroke, honing, peening, uses, and aftercare. Scything produces beautiful lawns, luscious mulch and a blissful workout for the modern gardener and homesteader.
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La agroecología es la ciencia de encuentro de los sistemas biológicos y sociales en torno a la planificación, diseño y construcción de agroecosistemas sostenibles. Su práctica, ciencia y movimiento social trasciende las fincas y se inserta en la tierra viva desde diferentes perspectivas en lo local, territorial, regiones, países y globalmente.
Ahora comprendemos que la vida surge sobre la cooperación y las sinergias antes que sobre la competencia....
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Voici un petit livre assez différent de ceux que les amateurs de vin peuvent consulter habituellement. Il répond à des questions simples, en apparence seulement, au-delà du snobisme, des anecdotes, des notes de dégustations subjectives ou des arguments de marketing.
Le professeur Albert Adam se place dans la perspective du vulgarisateur scientifique pour nous faire découvrir, entre autres, les apports de la chimie et de la microbiologie à...
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All the Buzz for Beekeeping Beginners
What happens when a writer sets up a backyard beehive? You get a beekeeping book full of fun and fascinating facts about honeybees and our other favorite pollinators.
A nature guidebook for beekeeping beginners. Full of trivia, tips, legends, and lore-this quirky bee book swarms with interesting information, so you can have fun, learn stuff, grow your farm, or just relax. Writer and beekeeper Jack Mingo lives...
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Discover a fresh new offering for your farm or orchard business
Pawpaws is the first in-depth guide to small-scale commercial cultivation of pawpaws. Also known as Indiana bananas or hipster bananas, this almost forgotten fruit, native to North America, is making a huge comeback with foodies, chefs, craft brewers, and discerning fruit-lovers.
Written by, and for, the organic grower, coverage includes:
• Botany and the cultural history of pawpaws
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Este es el segundo libro de una trilogía dedicada a los procesos agroecológicos, al reconocimiento de la agricultura campesina familiar y comunitaria y a las formas dignas de coexistencia que desde allí se tejen en Colombia. Procura aportar desde un enfoque socio político una categoría social que enriquece de manera complementaria la invitación que la agroecología hace para entender los procesos ecosistémicos y la importancia de revalorizar...
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R. Ford Denison is adjunct professor of ecology, evolution, and behavior at the University of Minnesota and taught crop ecology at the University of California, Davis.
Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agriculture
As human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability. Darwinian Agriculture presents an entirely...
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Despite food being safer, more affordable and more available than at any time in human history, consumers are increasingly skeptical and critical of today's food system. In “Size Matters”, Charlie Arnot provides thought provoking insight into how the food system lost consumer trust, what can be done to restore it, and the remarkable changes taking place on farms and in food companies, supermarkets and restaurants every day as technology and consumer...
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Welcome to the enchanting "Green Realm," a literary voyage that unveils the hidden wonders of plant psychology. In this captivating exploration, readers embark on a journey beyond the visible spectrum of leaves and blossoms, delving into the intricate lives of plants. From the secret language encoded in leaves to the underground networking of roots, each chapter of this botanical odyssey offers a revelation, exposing the vibrant and dynamic world...
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Get your feet wet in the incredible science of hydroponic gardening!
For centuries, hydroponics have represented the pinnacle of horticultural science, improving on nature's growing methods to produce astounding agricultural yields. Hydroponics-raising plants in water and without soil-is not only a more sustainable method of growing food with limited water and space, it's nothing less than a technological miracle.
Now, author Simon Hamilton makes...
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Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us-mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy-people eating insects-is a possible way to ensure a sustainable and secure food supply for the eight billion of us on the planet.
Once seen as the great enemy of human civilization, destroying our crops and spreading plagues,...
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