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Vintage Farm Tractors (Machinery Hill)
by Ralph Sanders
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"A stylish book packed with razor sharp photographs of these machines and colorful anecdotes about their manufacturers." Antique Week. "Sure to please the nostalgist as well as the collector." Minneapolis Star Tribune.... ( read more)
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When Chores Were Done: Boyhood Stories
by Jerry Apps
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"When Chores Were Done" is a collection of stories about rural life in the 1940s and 1950s as seen through the eyes of a child. From working with draft horses to doing chores, from reminiscences of outhouses to learning cusswords, Apps reveals... ( read more)
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Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor
by Mati Qaim
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Biotechnology offers great potential to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth, food security and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Yet there are economic and institutional constraints at national and international levels that inhibit... ( read more)
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The Fatal Harvest Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
by Andrew Kimbrell
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Fatal Harvest takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. The Fatal Harvest Reader brings together in an... ( read more)
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Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California
by Julie Guthman
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In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at... ( read more)
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The Meat You Eat: How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply
by Ken Midkiff
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"We have given up to the agribusiness corporations a crucial part of our responsibility as human beings and we must now think of ways to take it back."- Wendell Berry, from the ForewordIn this eye-opening book, Sierra Club Director Ken Midkiff exposes... ( read more)
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New Discoveries in Agrochemicals (ACS Symposium 892)
by J. Marshall Clark and Hideo Ohkawa
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Previously, the development of new agrochemicals has begun on the chemist's bench, screened via bioassays, and brought to the marketplace following field trials. Since the evolution of molecular, combinatorial and green chemistry techniques, our approach... ( read more)
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Our Sustainable Future #17: Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works
by Leslie A Duram
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Compelling portraits of organic farmers bring to life facts and figures in an extensive overview of the phenomenal growth in recent years of organic production and consumption.... ( read more)
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Livestock (Managing Global Genetic Resources)
by National Research Co
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Agricultural techniques used to increase production of cattle, sheep, and other major species have actually threatened the future genetic diversity of livestock populations, particularly in the Third World. This volume explores the importance of animal... ( read more)
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The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History of Chickens (Country Life)
by Pam Percy
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Provides an entertaining account of chicken history; chicken breeds; the chicken's role in art and pop culture, myth. and folklore; plus information on chicken collectibles. Includes delightful artwork.... ( read more)
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Anatomy of the John Deere
by Doug Mitchel
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This lavishly illustrated guide innovatively describes and demonstrates why Nothing Runs Like a Deere through 300 riveting photos of over 40 tractors dating back to steam-powered models with details of historical significance, performance, and the appeal... ( read more)
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A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply
by Michael Schacker
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On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, the world faces a new environmental disaster, from a chemical similar to DDT. This time the culprit appears to be IMD, or imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the United... ( read more)
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Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American Farming
by Eri Ramirez Ferrero
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In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide -- not accident as previously assumed -- was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among male farmers. Ramrez-Ferrero suggests that the root causes lie not in purely economic or personal factors but... ( read more)
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Sylvia's Farm: The Journal of an Improbable Shepard
by Sylvia Jorrin
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In the tradition of James Herriot, Sylvia Jorrín tells her story of unexpectedly becoming a shepherd in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. When Sylvia Jorrín first moved to upstate New York, she had no intention of becoming a farmer... ( read more)
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Agricultural & Environmental Resear
by Pablo Eyzaguirre
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Developing countries are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain research institutions that can support the broad demands of their agricultural and natural resource sectors. In many countries, this is due to a diminutive economy and population... ( read more)
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The Fate of Family Farming
by Ronald Jager
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The Fate of Family Farming employs a hands-on approach, with much local New England detail, in its exploration of the history and future of American family farming as an idea and as an ongoing way of life. Early chapters situate family farming within... ( read more)
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The Chicken Book
by Page Smith
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Liberating today's chicken from cartoons, fast food, and other demeaning associations, The Chicken Book at once celebrates and explains this noble fowl. As it traces the rise and fall of Callus domesticus from the jungles of ancient India to the assembly-... ( read more)
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The Homestead Builder: Practical Hints for Handy-Men
by Charles P Dwyer
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A practical classic filled with handy advice on the best ways to plan and construct dwellings in any location, using wood, earth, and gravel.... ( read more)
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Farm Tractors: A Living History
by Randy Leffingwell
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Splendid color photos document the evolution of farm tractors since the late 19th century, in the context of industry's most significant technological advances.... ( read more)
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Agro-Food Marketing
by D I Padberg
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The purpose of this book is to integrate aspects of food product marketing with traditional agricultural marketing thereby filling a gap in the current literature and reflecting a growing trend to teach these subjects in an integrated way. Written by... ( read more)
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