Science and technology of organic farming, Barker, Allen V. (university Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Usa)
Автор: Ronald Pamela C., Adamchak Raoul W. Название: Tomorrow`s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food ISBN: 0199342083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199342082 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. Readers see the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals--a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses--and they learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. The book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, and for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The first edition was published in hardcover in 2008 and in paperback in 2009. This second edition reflects the many and varied changes the fields of farming and genetic engineering have seen since 2009. It includes a new preface and three new chapters-one on politics and food-related protests such as the Marin county anti-vaccine movement and the subsequent outbreak of whooping cough, one on farming and food security, and one containing various recipes. Existing chapters on the tools of genetic engineering, organic vs. conventional foods, the tools of organic agriculture, and food labeling and legislature have all been updated.
Автор: Chrzan Janet, Ricotta Jacqueline Название: Organic Food, Farming and Culture: An Introduction ISBN: 1350027847 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350027848 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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This textbook provides students with a comprehensive introduction to organic food and farming. Janet Chrzan, Jacqueline A. Ricotta and contributors explain organic food and organic farming principles; the history of organics; how organic food is grown, distributed, and consumed; the nutritional benefits; and the social and cultural meanings attached to the concept "organic."
Organic Food, Farming and Culture contains a wide range of features to reinforce understanding and learning, including:
- practical case studies from organic farmers, chefs, restaurateurs, students, and "concerned" consumers - exercises, discussion questions, and further reading suggestions - illustrations of farms, food, and organic processes.
An engaging introduction to organic agriculture, this book is essential reading for those interested in food studies, sustainable agriculture, food security, environmental studies, nutrition and health.
Автор: Mason Wendel Название: Sustainable Organic Farming ISBN: 1682863298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682863299 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19772.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Intensive farming techniques to increase yield have considerable impact on the environment. Sustainable organic farming is an attempt to curb such harmful effects by introducing microbial fertilizers instead of synthetic chemicals and limiting the use of pesticides and plant growth regulators, which help reduce the burden caused due to intensive farming techniques. This book attempts to assist those interested in this field with the help of researches and case-studies by experts from around the globe on topics such as transgenic crops in sustainable development, genetic modification as a route for delivery of sustainable crop protection, ecosystems and environment, etc. This book will prove to be an essential guide for both academicians and those who wish to pursue this discipline further.
Описание: Whether you re just starting out or transitioning from traditional farming techniques, this guide has everything you need to know about growing and marketing your own organic produce, grains, meat, and dairy. Providing expert tips on tending the land, caring for animals, and necessary equipment, Ann Larkin Hansen also covers the intricate process of acquiring organic certification and other business considerations important to a profitable operation. Discover the rewarding satisfaction of running a successful and sustainable organic farm."
Автор: Vaarst Mette, Roderick Stephen Название: Improving Organic Animal Farming ISBN: 1786761807 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786761804 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 42991.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection addresses recent research on challenges facing organic animal farming such as more targeted breeding, improved grazing and feed rations, better methods of health and disease management as well as ways of enhancing animal welfare.
Описание: The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is the no-till chemical-free growing roadmap, showing how no-till lowers barriers to starting a small farm, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, increases efficiency and profitability, and promotes soil health. This hands-on manual is specifically written for natural and small-scale farmers.
Автор: St?phane Bellon; Servane Penvern Название: Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures ISBN: 9400779267 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400779266 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 26122.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures.
This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology it analyzes and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. Starting from the British Empire in the 1930's, where the first trans-national roots of organic farming took hold, through to the internet-mediated social protests against genetically modified crops at the end of the twentieth century, the author traces the rise to prominence of the movement. As well as providing a historical account, the book explains the movement's on-going role in fostering and organising alternatives to the dominant intensive and industrial forms of agriculture, such as promoting local food produce and animal welfare.
By considering it as a trans-national movement from its inception, aiming at cultural and social change, the book highlights what is unique about the organic movement and why it has risen only relatively recently to public attention. The author reports original research findings, focusing largely on the English-speaking world. The work is grounded in academic enquiry and theory, but also provides a narrative through which the movement can be understood by the more general interested reader.
Автор: St?phane Bellon; Servane Penvern Название: Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures ISBN: 9402402985 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789402402988 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20896.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures.
Автор: Scott, Steffanie (university Of Waterloo, Canada) Si, Zhenzhong (balsillie School Of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada) Schumilas, Theresa (wilf Название: Organic food and farming in china ISBN: 1138573000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138573000 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: China has a rapidly expanding organic agriculture and food sector, and there is a revolution in ecological food and ethical eating in China`s cities. This book shows how social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions have converged to shape the development of both a `formal` and `informal` organic sector.
This first sustained ethnographic study of organic agriculture outside the United States traces its meanings, practices, and politics in two nations typically considered worlds apart: Latvia and Costa Rica. Situated on the frontiers of the European Union and the United States, these geopolitically and economically in-between places illustrate ways that international treaties have created contradictory pressures for organic farmers.
Organic farmers in both countries build multispecies networks of biological and social diversity and create spaces of sovereignty within state and suprastate governance bodies.�Organic associations in�Central America and Eastern Europe face parallel challenges in�balancing�multiple identities as social movements, market sectors, and NGOs while finding their place in regions and nations reshaped by world events.�
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