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This fascinating yet disquieting audiobook finds that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are, and have long been, using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations.

Preventable diseases are skyrocketing. One in three Americans is prediabetic. Even our brains are changing. HUNGER HIJACK is a blunt, pull-no-punches book by physician, author, and journalist Dr. David Sherer. In it, he reveals the evidence linking our diets and our ever-worsening health

Within a decade, nearly half of all American farmland will change hands as an older generation of farmers steps aside. In their place, a groundswell of new growers will face numerous challenges, including soil degradation, insufficient income, and investors devouring farmland at a staggering pace.

A young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer—the daughter of a forbidden marriage between a white American father and a Punjabi American mother—leased 10 acres of land in...

A água que brota das nascentes ou o calor do sol que nos aquece contam histórias de um sistema planetário delicado, interconectado e finito. Pensar em Nosso Futuro Sustentável é reconhecer que nossa sobrevivência está diretamente ligada à forma como gerenciamos a água e a energia, elementos essenciais e inseparáveis. Entender os ciclos naturais, as leis da termodinâmica e os impactos das nossas ações não é apenas ciência, mas um convite à responsabilidade coletiva para proteger o que sustenta a existência humana e a biodiversidade.

River Cottage Bees & Honey will guide you through a multitude of ways you can protect and attract our precious pollinators. Going beyond beekeeping, you’ll learn how to create a bee-friendly garden (or patio if you’re limited on space), ways to develop habitats if you don’t have space for a beehive, and why other species of bee are as important as honeybees, with a beautiful bee spotter’s guide that will inspire you look a more closely.

Indagamos en la lucha entre los alimentos locales y las grandes empresas que importan productos percibidos como locales. ¿Sabes en dónde se producen tus productos favoritos?...

How cocoa farming has helped these women farmers improve their livelihoods and increase income

இந்த நாவலில், ராஜம் கிருஷ்ணன் விவசாயிகளின் வாழ்க்கையை, அவர்கள் எதிர்கொள்ளும் கஷ்டங்களை, அவர்களின் உழைப்பைச் சுரண்டும் நில உரிமையாளர்களை, அந்த ஆண்டுகளில் அவர்களின் பாதுகாப்பிற்காக உருவாக்கிய மதம் மற்றும் சாதியின் தடைகளை அழகாக சித்தரித்துள்ளார்.

With a specific focus on the United States of America, the methods that we use to discuss literature and other art are applied to wine-making and wine culture. The book explores the debates about how to evaluate wine and the problems inherent in numerical scoring as well as evaluative tasting notes, whether winemakers can be artists, the discourse in wine culture involving natural wine and biodynamic farming, as well as how people judge what makes a wine great.

Before Forks, a small town on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed "Logging Capital of the World" and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests. Since Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William Dietrich first published The Final Forest in 1992, logging in Forks has given way to tourism, but even with its new fame, Forks is still a home to loggers and others who make their living from the surrounding forests.

The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives–those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It explores how a history of entrenched fears and misconceptions about fungi has led to their near absence in Australian ecological consciousness and biodiversity conservation.

Пчеловодство представляется многим тяжким трудом, который обязательно приводит к паре десятков укусов. Поэтому перед новообращенным счастливым обладателем ульев непременно возникает множество вопросов. Где расположить пасеку на участке? Какую породу пчел разводить и как посезонно за ней ухаживать, чтобы не бороться с пчелами за право выйти на улицу? Как получить мед, проверить его качество и правильно хранить? Где и как пережить с пчелами зиму? На самом деле содержать пасеку не так сложно, как кажется непосвященным. Это докажет на личном опыте известный пчеловод-практик Вадим Тихомиров.

「農業」で、経済的にも精神的にも自由な生活を手に入れる!

“Reading Kuni makes me want to dive into rural Japan...this book reminds me that leaders emerge when and where you least expect it.” — ALICE WATERS, founder of Chez Panisse restaurant, activist, and author A guide to reviving and revitalizing forgotten places and communities through the...

Grüne Wiesen, süße Kälbchen, der Käse, wie er immer schon war, und ein naturnahes Leben – das ist die Landidylle aus TV-Serien. 5-Tonner mit 300 PS, viele Stunden harte Arbeit, jede Menge Lärm und Matsch und der ewige Kampf mit der EU-Bürokratie – das ist die Realität für über 250.000 landwirtschaftliche Betriebe in Deutschland. Annemarie Paulsen sieht und kennt beide Seiten, zieht aus beidem den Witz und nimmt ihre Follower mit in die Milchkammer, auf die Weide, in den Alltag einer Bäuerin.

La cosa se pone interesante con el Pinot Noir y el Nebbiolo, ambas tienen sus trucos, pero cuentan con grandes aficionados. Con una de estas uvas se hizo un vino cotizado en 500 mil dólares. Descubre cuál es...

En este episodio conoceremos sobre variedades blancas (Verdejo, Semillon, Moscatel, Malvasía, Riesling) y tintas (Gamay, Barbera, Bonarda, Bobal, Pinotage) que no son menos importantes pero creemos que no te las puedes perder si eres un verdadero amante del vino. Descubre sus características...

En este episodio conoceremos sobre vinos espumosos Champagne, Prosecco y Cava, descubriremos si sólo son para festejar y viajaremos por los lugares donde se producen los vinos espumosos más famosos en el mundo. Descubre sus características, los diferentes métodos de elaboración, de dónde...

Las hormigas se nos muestran en este libro como seres capaces de extraordinarias proezas. como el hombre, también ellas cuentan con ejercicios organizados. algunas se han especializado en una suerte de ganadería y otras parecen hacer aprendido a cultivar sus alimentos. su sistema de...