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Eating Tomorrow

By Timothy A. Wise, The New Press

Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food Foreword by Raj Patel A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert “There is no we who feed the world. The world is mainly fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers who grow 70 percent of developing countries’s food.” —from Eating Tomorrow Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise’s Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have hijacked food policies to...

    • September 10, 2019

    The Agroforestry Handbook

    By Ben Raskin, The Soil Association

    Authors: Paul Burgess, Prof. Steven Newman, Tim Pagella, Jo Smith, Sally Westaway, Lindsay Whistance, Stephen Briggs, Ian Knight, Clive Thomas Written for farmers and advisors in the UK this book will help you assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and to understand the possible benefits to the wider environment. The authors are leading researchers and practitioners with decades of experience in agroforestry from the UK and around the world. What is agroforestry? In simple terms, agroforestry means farming with trees. There are three main types of agroforestry, these are known as: - Silvopastoral agroforestry: the combination of trees and livestock. - Silvoarable agroforestry: the combination of trees and crops. - The use of hedgerows, shelterbelts and riparian buffer strips. This handbook is your essential guide to agroforestry and how to implement it on your farm. The book includes: - What is agroforestry? - Types...

    • August 16, 2019
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    Local is Our Future

    By Helena Norberg-Hodge

    Distilling the wisdom gleaned from four decades of activism and direct experience in both the global North and South, Helena lucidly deconstructs the old narrative of ‘progress’ through technological advance and corporate growth, while presenting a concise and compelling case for economic localization.

    • July 9, 2019
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    A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action

    By Susan Utell, Bo Boudart, Bullfrog Films

    Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.

    • May 13, 2019
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    Seven Ways to Build Resilience

    By Chris Johnstone, Little, Brown Book Group

    This engaging, practical book draws together scientific understanding, real life examples and proven methods in describing how you can develop seven essential skills that help your resilience grow.

    • May 10, 2019
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    Falter

    By Bill McKibben, Palgrave Macmillan

    Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.

    • April 23, 2019
    Growing a Revolution

    Growing a Revolution with Soil

    By David R. Montgomery, W.W. Norton

    In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health.

    • March 26, 2019
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    Food from the Radical Center

    By Gary Paul Nabhan, Island Press

    In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more.

    • March 5, 2019
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    Nourishment

    By Fred Provenza, Chelsea Green

    In Nourishment Provenza presents his thesis of the wisdom body, a wisdom that links flavor-feedback relationships at a cellular level with biochemically rich foods to meet the body’s nutritional and medicinal needs.

    • January 16, 2019
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