Showing titles in Agricultural & Food Sciences

That’s the dream: meaningful work on the land that grows food, feeds your soul, restores the Earth, and grows your bank account. It’s not just a fantasy. This book will show you how real people just like you are making it their reality—and how you can do it, too. Living FREE with the Land is your guide to making the dream a reality—no matter your background, budget, or starting point. Michael Hoag delivers practical, actionable strategies backed by decades of experience, along with proven business models and financial tools designed specifically for land-based livelihoods.

The most popular drug in America is a white powder. No, not that powder. This is caffeine in its most essential state. And Caffeinated reveals the little-known truth about this addictive, largely unregulated drug found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain relievers. Drawing on the latest research, Caffeinated brings us the inside perspective at the additive that Salt Sugar Fat overlooked.

From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe - the chicken. Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates’ last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Catholic popes, African shamans, Chinese philosophers, and Muslim mystics praised it.

Honey bees - and the qualities associated with them - have quietly influenced American values for four centuries. During every major period in the country's history, bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability in a country without a national religion, political party, or language. Bees in America is an enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States. Tammy Horn, herself a beekeeper, offers a varied social and technological history from the colonial period, when the British first introduced bees to the New World, to the present, when bees are being used by the American military to detect bombs.

This Book Will Show You How to Raise Chickens Anywhere Without the Mess, Noise, or Hassle! Starting From Coop to Eggs in 6 Weeks: Showing You a Foolproof Guide to Raising Chickens Like a Pro!

The Problem with Solutions combines an analysis of the rise of tech company solution culture with findings from actual research on the sector's ill-informed attempts to address the problems of food and agriculture.

Das komplette Wissen in einem Hörbuch - Bestens vorbereitet und mit Freude Imker werden. Sind Sie fasziniert von den intelligenten Bienen und ihrer komplexen Organisation im Bienenvolk? Möchten Sie gerne etwas gegen das Bienensterben unternehmen, um das Ökosystem aufrecht zu erhalten? Wollen Sie lernen, Ihre eigenen fleißigen Bienen artgerecht zu halten und Ihren eignen leckeren Honig herzustellen? Dann haben Sie das perfekte Hörbuch gefunden. In diesem Ratgeber erfahren Sie wirklich alles, was Sie als Anfänger und Einsteiger zum Thema Imkern wissen müssen.

If you want to know how you can effectively grow more plants at home in a hydroponic setup, then keep reading...Are you worried that the extreme climatic conditions and lack of sufficient space will hinder your wish to grow your own vegetables at home? Well, fret not because there is a way through which you can generate enough food for your entire family. This process is known as hydroponic gardening, which is a type of soilless gardening. Hydroponics is a modern way of growing crops that helps to beat all the unfavourable conditions and grow plants in a controlled environment.

Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food system, the meat problem is not merely a problem of production. It is intrinsically social and political.

Cultivate Change: Transform Your Backyard into a Thriving Ecosystem with Affordable Regenerative Gardening Tips Picture a garden full of luscious leaves and vibrant colors. If you close your eyes, you can hear a buzzing frenzy of wildlife and water gently trickling in the background. Imagine stepping into this calming oasis and weaving around patches of homegrown food. The sight alone is enough to tickle the taste buds. Now, take a look outside your window. If you see a bare and neglected garden where the only splash of green comes from the weeds, you're in the right place.

People have always favored the more traditional meat sources such as chickens, beef, pork, and the other commonly consumed livestock. But there is even a better meat source that you have probably ignored for too long. Rabbit is a livestock that is surprisingly cheap to keep, but yet, very healthy as a meat source. This book teaches you how to raise rabbits for little or no cost at all.

Turtle farming is one of the most misunderstood—and heavily regulated—forms of animal husbandry. Done incorrectly, it causes harm. Done responsibly, it can support conservation, education, and sustainable captive breeding. How to Farm Turtles is a complete, step-by-step guide designed for beginners, educators, homesteaders, and conservation-minded breeders who want to raise turtles ethically, legally, and humanely.

メディアが騒ぐ「乱獲」「資源減少」は本当か？ 衰退の真相を暴く！ 日本漁業が危うい。担い手は減り続け、生産量は40年前から7割減、30年後には漁業者がいなくなり、日本人の食卓から国産魚が消えるという声もある。中国との漁獲競争、温暖化による環境変化、エネルギーコスト上昇など、かつて世界一の漁獲量を誇った漁業を取りまく状況は極めて深刻だ。

Looking for a practical, step-by-step guide to raising rabbits successfully? How to Farm Rabbits is a comprehensive rabbit farming manual that covers everything you need to know—from choosing the right breeds and building affordable housing to feeding, breeding, disease prevention, humane meat production, and starting a rabbit farming business.

Paul Shapiro gives you a “captivating” (John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market) front-row seat for the race to create and commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat—real meat—without the animals. Since the dawn of Homo sapiens some quarter million years ago, animals have...

WINNER OF THE 2019 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food looking bleak—or better than ever? “In The Fate of Food, Amanda Little takes us on a tour of the...

¿Estás listo para liberarte de las ataduras del consumismo moderno y emprender un camino hacia la autosuficiencia sostenible? Imagina una vida en la que cultivas tus propios alimentos, aprovechas la energía renovable y reduces tu huella de carbono, mientras disfrutas de la satisfacción y la seguridad de vivir de forma independiente. "Vida autosuficiente para principiantes: Cómo lograr la independencia alimentaria de forma sostenible" es tu guía completa para hacer realidad este sueño.

Ce livre vous fournit de solides connaissances de base sur l'apiculture et ses tâches, sur l'extraction et le traitement du miel et, bien sûr, sur l'abeille domestique. Si vous tenez ce livre entre vos mains, vous avez un voyage passionnant devant vous!

When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. broke from the Democratic Party and joined forces with Donald Trump, it shocked the political establishment and ignited a movement no one saw coming. Out of that moment came MAHA—Make America Healthy Again—a bipartisan revolution uniting farmers and homesteaders, conservatives and progressives, skeptics and visionaries around a shared mission: healthier food, stronger communities, and freedom from the grip of Big Pharma and Big Ag.

Beyond the Lab Coats blends science, storytelling, and self-discovery as José and Yelena Barbosa pull back the curtain on the food, beverage, and supplement industries while sharing the personal, corporate, and cultural lessons earned along the way. From humble beginnings marked by uncertainty to leading R&D teams for world-class brands, the authors explore the rigorous science of formulation, the politics of innovation, the missteps that become turning points, and the humor found everywhere in between.