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The Hop Grower's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Sustainable, Small-Scale Production for Home and MarketWith information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewing It's hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. The runaway craft beer market's convergence with the ever-expanding local foods movement is helping to spur a local-hops renaissance. The demand from...
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Pocket Nature: Beekeeping: Explore the Marvelous World of HoneybeesStep into the remarkable world of the honeybee in this illuminating and delightfully illustrated pocket guide. For budding apiarists, this introductory book offers fascinating information about honeybees and everything you need to know to begin your own beekeeping journey. For example, did you know...
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Jobs in AgricultureJobs in the field of agriculture are essential to feed the world. Workers are needed to grow crops and raise animals, including dairy cows and fish. Other workers create new farming technology, manufacture food products, or study soil in labs. Jobs in Agriculture explores...
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How to Grow Carrot CakeCan you really grow a carrot cake? Today, many children do not know where the foods they eat come from. This book takes kids step-by-step through all the stages needed to go from a packet of seeds to a crop of carrots and finally,...
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How To Build Poultry Houses: Plans and Specifications For Practical Chicken and Poultry HousesThis special re-print edition of Frank L. Platt's book "How To Build Poultry Houses" is a guide to planning and building chicken coops and other types of poultry housing. Written in 1922, this classic text contains a treasury of knowledge on construting poultry houses...
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Genetic EngineeringGenetic engineering refers to the ability to manipulate DNA, and ever since its invention in the 1970s it has been a source of controversy. Some argue that it allows scientists to "play God," which could have unintended negative consequences. However, genetic engineering also offers...
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Food Systems of the FutureThe world population continues to grow, and sources of food that we have come to depend on are increasingly threatened by climate change. Some people fear that there may come a time when there simply will not be enough food to support the earth's...
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Ecology and Management of Forest SoilsAuthor: Dan Binkley, Richard F. FisherPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPublished: 06/10/2019Pages: 456Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.15lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.30w x 0.90dISBN: 9781119455653About the AuthorDan Binkley is Adjunct Professor in the School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University. The late Richard F. Fisher's career included professorships at the University of...
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Botts Goes to WarThe world's favorite tractor salesman calls it quits and joins the army in the fifth installment of the Alexander Botts series, Botts Goes to War. In this volume of short stories written in the 1940s and set during WWII, farm machines have proven themselves...
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A Forest of Your Own: The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological ForestryThroughout Oregon and Washington there are several hundred thousand family forest owners, in addition to millions of forest acres under the care of community forests, municipalities, and Indigenous tribes, all of whom manage trees for sustainable wood harvest as well as recreation, inspiration, and...
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Pathways to Health and Disease for Dairy CowsDo you want to support dairy farmers in adjusting their management regarding the transition period of dairy cows? The book Pathways to health and disease for dairy cows provides veterinarians and farm advisors background information and practical tools. This unique book combines theoretical information...
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Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological ControlThis second edition of Natural Enemies will give students, professionals, and anyone wishing to learn the basics of biological control a fully updated and thorough introduction. The book discusses the huge diversity of organisms used in the control of pests, weeds and plant pathogens,...
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Korean Natural FarmingAre you ready to revolutionize your approach to farming and reconnect with the wisdom of nature? Dive into the captivating world of Korean Natural Farming (KNF) and unlock the secrets of sustainable and regenerative agriculture. In this groundbreaking book, you'll embark on a journey...
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Keys to Soil Taxonomy (Thirteenth Edition, 2022)Black & white print.This publication, Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition, 2022, incorporates the amendments approved by the regional and national conferences of the National Cooperative Soil Survey since the publication of the last edition of the Keys in 2014. The authors of the...
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An Agricultural TestamentTHIS IS THE HARDCOVER VERSION Why is there a cow on the front cover of this book? This is a book about agriculture, and farm animals have become unfashionable in some quarters. Cows, it turns out, are responsible for global warming, climate change, and...
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Klondike & Snow: The Denver Zoo's Remarkable Story of Raising Two Polar Bear CubsThe official account of the hand-rearing of two polar bear cubs who captivated the nation.Author: David E. Kenny, Cynthia Bickel, Dennis RolingPublisher: Roberts Rinehart PublishersPublished: 07/01/1995Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.00h x 7.98w x 0.28dISBN: 9781570980596Audience: Ages 9-12
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Dairy Farming and the Traditional Methods of Cheese and Butter-MakingThis book contains a classic guide to dairy farming by J. Prince-Sheldon. Dairy farming is a type of agriculture used for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (at a dairy) for the sale of a dairy product. This volume concentrated on cheese...
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The Soil and Health: A Study of Organic AgricultureThe Soil and Health, a classic of organic farming, is an essential introduction to organic gardening and farming."The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible." - Albert Howard.At the turn of the twentieth century, chemical fertilizers seemed to offer limitless...
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Agriculture Through the Ages: From Silk to SupermarketsAfter the last ice age, humans began to settle down and grow their own food. Learn how advances in ancient agricultural practices have aided our modern food system.Author: Michael Woods, Mary B. WoodsPublisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)Published: 01/01/2024Pages: 80Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.60h...
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The Theory and Practice of Breeding to Type and Its Application to the Breeding of Dogs, Farm Animals, Cage Birds and Other Small PetsFirst published in 1928, this volume contains a timeless guide to breeding animals, with a special focus on breeding to type. Type breeding refers to breeding animals in order to produce traits that define certain breeds or are particularly desirable, with such characteristics usually...
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