Business & Economics - Industries - Agribusiness
Explore our collection of industries books, including the best agribusiness and agri business management titles. Find top economics and business books, bestsellers, and essential resources for success.
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Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food IndustryNow with a new chapter on the Distribution Barons! Best Books of 2024: "Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes. This is no alarmist screed but rather a careful, systematic, and utterly damning...
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Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food IndustryBest Books of 2024: "Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes. This is no alarmist screed but rather a careful, systematic, and utterly damning demolition job--an exquisitely informed exposé... A genuinely revelatory look...
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Culture of Control: Farming With the Shackles of the Canadian Wheat BoardIn 1935 the Canadian Wheat Board was established to oversee the marketing, handling, and transportation of Western Canadian grain. Under the CWB's increasingly rigid regulations, farmers in the West were prohibited from responding to free market conditions by setting their own prices and selling...
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Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It BackThe New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils cause the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic disease, exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike, and gives us a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation....
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Empire of Cotton: A Global HistoryWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE - A Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist."Masterly ... An astonishing achievement." --The New York Times...
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Every Last Fish: A Deep Dive Into Everything They Do for Us and We Do to ThemSlippery, wet, and strange: Fish can be easier to think of as food than as fellow animals. But what do we know about these creatures we meet on our dinner table and how they got there? For the first time in history, humans are...
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Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food FrontDrawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole...
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Fast Food Nation 25th Anniversary Edition: The Dark Side of the All-American MealIn celebration of its 25th anniversary, and with a new afterword by the author, a new edition of Pulitzer Prize finalist Eric Schlosser's New York Times bestselling exposé on how America's fast food industry has shaped the landscape of America and the world.Twenty-five years...
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Fearless Farm Finances: Farm Financial Management DemystifiedThis newly revised book presents the complex subject of farm financial management in a straight forward and readable style, with numerous tips and examples from working farms. The book offers examples from a diversity of farms, from dairy to diversified vegetable, to orchards and...
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From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative AgricultureAn award-winning author's powerful exploration of the remarkable women driving transformative change in America's food system It's well known that our industrialized food system has abandoned priorities of nutrition and environmental stability in the pursuit of profit-a model designed to fail, especially as climate...
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Menhaden: A Biologist's Thirty-Two Year Journey with the Fish and the FisheryA Narrative of the U.S. Menhaden Fisheries: IndustryHistory, Fishing Operations, Product Journey, Fisheries Management, and Government Research Insights from the Beaufort Laboratory offers a well-detailed exploration of the U.S. purse-seine fisheries for menhaden, a cornerstone of American commercial fisheries.Covering the decades since the 1980s,...
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Napa: The Story of an American EdenJames Conaway's remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California's lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America's Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga of the personalities behind...
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Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat IndustrySlaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is also...
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Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat BirdsRevised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care. Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of...
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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition: Breeding, Care, FacilitiesThis bestselling guide is the perfect reference for caring for your flock of sheep. The fifth edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and...
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The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America"You'llnever think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again." --Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of LobstersAward-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the remarkable story of John Miller, one of America's foremost migratory beekeepers, and the...
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The Black Girlâ (Tm)S Guide to Building a Boutique Farm: Practical Advice to Keep Your Business Cute, Profitable, and SustainableAn empowering, step-by-step guide that will equip readers with the essential tools and insights to build successful boutique farm brands. Merging agricultural know-how with entrepreneurial expertise, cultural wisdom, and a unique focus on brand identity, this book offers a clear roadmap for establishing and scaling boutique farming enterprises that are economically viable and culturally impactful. The book delves into the essentials...
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The Commercial FishermenFor over four decades, twin brothers, Marc and Malcolm Vance navigated the perilous waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, sharing tales of camaraderie, risk, and hard-earned wisdom. This memoir captures the essence of a life dedicated to the sea, revealing the true cost of a...
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The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine DynastyAn epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built--and then spectacularly lost--a global wine empireSet in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal....
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The Lean Micro Farm: How to Get Small, Embrace Local, Live Better, and Work Less"Ben Hartman is a true innovator for the small farm."--Curtis Stone, author of The Urban FarmerIt's time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and "green leader" (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and...
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