Food justice

The story of how the emerging food justice movement is seeking to transform the American food system from seed to table. In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of Americ…

Cultivating science, harvesting power :science and industrial agriculture in …

Christopher R. Henke reveals how agricultural scientists and growers in California have cooperated - and struggled - in shaping the state's multi-billion-dollar farm industry.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Shifting ground :the changing agricultural soils of China and Indonesia

In this book Peter Lindert evaluates environmental concerns about soil degradation in two very large countries--China and Indonesia--where anecdotal evidence has suggested serious problems. Lindert does what no scholar before him has done: using new archival data sets, he measures changes in soil productivity over long enough periods of time to reveal the influence of human activity.China and I…

Water Quality An Introduction

The revised second edition updates and expands the discussion, and incorporates additional figures and illustrative problems. Improvements include a new chapter on basic chemistry, a more comprehensive chapter on hydrology, and an updated chapter on regulations and standards. This book presents the basic aspects of water quality, emphasizing physical, chemical, and biological factors. The s…

Vision Infinity for Food Security Some Whys, Why Nots and Hows!

A new perspective on the global food security situation and highlights the need for seeking a common vision and implementing global planning to define the manner in which the human species will manage its food security. The basic question of ‘is there enough food’ is examined in general and then in some detail. The history of food production is reviewed in the hope that lessons can be learn…

Pillars of the Earth: Building a Fantasy

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Building for the Ages: Egyptian-Themed Board Games

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Hostile Architecture: Burgle Bros., Interdiction, and Spatial Politics

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Architectural Modernity and the Consciousness Called the Present

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Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia: Investing in biodiversit…

Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia is a book about the birds and the beef — more specifically it is about the billions of dollars that governments pay farmers around the world each year to protect and restore biodiversity. After more than two decades of these schemes in Australia, what have we learnt? Are we getting the most out of these investments, and how should we do thin…