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Author : Angela Wilkes
Publisher : DK Children
ISBN 13 : 9780789479020
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Download or read book A Farm Through Time written by Angela Wilkes and published by DK Children. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures and text describe a farm from 800 A.D. to 2000.
Author : Beth Hoffman
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 164283159X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Bet the Farm written by Beth Hoffman and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.
Author : G. Brian Karas
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250116511
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book On the Farm, At the Market written by G. Brian Karas and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Café, has a very special meal in mind-and, of course, all the farmers show up at the café to enjoy the results of their hard work. This informative book introduces children to both local and urban greenmarkets and paints a warm picture of a strong, interconnected community.
Author : Douglas Stevenson
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865717699
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (657 download)
Download or read book The Farm Then and Now written by Douglas Stevenson and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From commune to ecovillage — an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world’s best-known intentional community
Author : Ned Halley
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0751360651
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (513 download)
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Guides written by Ned Halley and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 1996 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide allows readers the opportunity to discover the story of farming including the rhythm of the seasons, the rearing of livestock and the work of ploughing, sowing and harvesting. On each spread a photograph of actual objects shows close-up detail.
Author : Nancy Castaldo
Publisher : words & pictures
ISBN 13 : 0711242534
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Farm That Feeds Us written by Nancy Castaldo and published by words & pictures. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way. Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields, and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators, and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins, and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping, and baking bread. To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colorful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.
Author : Lois Lenski
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1984831852
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Little Farm written by Lois Lenski and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This simplified board book version of Lois Lenski's classic farm story is perfect for toddlers loving their farm animal books! Spend a day on the farm with Farmer Small in this classic story--now available as a board book! Children will love following along as Farmer Small takes care of his hungry cows, pigs, chickens, and more! Newly simplified text paired with Lois Lenski's original bright and charming art make an irresistible choice for kids...and even nostalgic parens and grandparents!
Author : Ben Falk
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1603584447
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Resilient Farm and Homestead written by Ben Falk and published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition. Ben Falk is a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has drawn national attention. The site is a terraced paradise on a hillside in Vermont that would otherwise be overlooked by conventional farmers as unworthy farmland. Falk's wide array of fruit trees, rice paddies (relatively unheard of in the Northeast), ducks, nuts, and earth-inspired buildings is a hopeful image for the future of regenerative agriculture and modern homesteading. The book covers nearly every strategy Falk and his team have been testing at the Whole Systems Research Farm over the past decade, as well as experiments from other sites Falk has designed through his off-farm consulting business. The book includes detailed information on earthworks; gravity-fed water systems; species composition; the site-design process; site management; fuelwood hedge production and processing; human health and nutrient-dense production strategies; rapid topsoil formation and remineralization; agroforestry/silvopasture/grazing; ecosystem services, especially regarding flood mitigation; fertility management; human labor and social-systems aspects; tools/equipment/appropriate technology; and much more, complete with gorgeous photography and detailed design drawings. The Resilient Farm and Homestead is more than just a book of tricks and techniques for regenerative site development, but offers actual working results in living within complex farm-ecosystems based on research from the "great thinkers" in permaculture, and presents a viable home-scale model for an intentional food-producing ecosystem in cold climates, and beyond. Inspiring to would-be homesteaders everywhere, but especially for those who find themselves with "unlikely" farming land, Falk is an inspiration in what can be done by imitating natural systems, and making the most of what we have by re-imagining what's possible. A gorgeous case study for the homestead of the future.
Author : Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700635181
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Childhood on the Farm written by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States transformed itself from an agricultural to an industrial nation, thousands of young people left farm homes for life in the big city. But even by 1920 the nation’s heartland remained predominantly rural and most children in the region were still raised on farms. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg retells their stories, offering glimpses—both nostalgic and realistic—of a bygone era. As Riney-Kehrberg shows, the experiences of most farm children continued to reflect the traditions of family life and labor, albeit in an age when middle-class urban Americans were beginning to redefine childhood as a time reserved for education and play. She draws upon a wealth of primary sources—not only memoirs and diaries but also census data—to create a vivid portrait of midwestern farm childhood from the early post–Civil War period through the Progressive Era growing pains of industrialization. Those personal accounts resurrect the essential experience of children’s work, play, education, family relations, and coming of age from their own perspectives. Steering a middle path between the myth of wholesome farm life and the reality of work that was often extremely dangerous, Riney-Kehrberg shows both the best and the worst that a rural upbringing had to offer midwestern youth a time before mechanization forever changed the rural scene and radio broke the spell of isolation. Down on the farm, truancy was not uncommon and chores were shared across genders. Yet farm children managed to indulge in inventive play—much of it homemade—to supplement store-bought toys and to get through the long spells between circuses. Filled with insightful personal stories and graced with dozens of highly evocative period photos, Childhood on the Farm is the only general history of midwestern farm children to use narratives written by the children themselves, giving a fresh voice to these forgotten years. Theirs was a way of life that was disappearing even as they lived it, and this book offers new insight into why, even if many rural youngsters became urban and suburban adults, they always maintained some affection for the farm.
Author : Richard Evan Schwartz
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470447363
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Life on the Infinite Farm written by Richard Evan Schwartz and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2018 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematics professor from Brown University uses colorful illustrations and cartoons to display the concepts of infinity and large numbers.
Author : Nicholas Harris
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1580135536
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)
Download or read book A Year at a Farm written by Nicholas Harris and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and bird's-eye-view illustrations portray the many activities on a farm, from spring planting to a summer festival and the autumn harvest. Includes related activities.
Author : James George Needham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Natural History of the Farm written by James George Needham and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne Pellowski
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
ISBN 13 : 1932350241
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)
Download or read book First Farm in the Valley written by Anne Pellowski and published by Bethlehem Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six-year-old Anna Pellowski’s older siblings, Jacob, Franciszek, Barney, Mary and Pauline are exposed to English at school, but only Polish is spoken at home. The younger children—Anna, Julian, Anton barely know a word of their new country’s language, but then neither do many of their neighbors. When the family goes to town to celebrate the 100th birthday of the United States, the speaker gives his speech in a mix of German, Polish, Bohemian and Norwegian! Some years before, in the mid 1800’s, Anna’s mother, father and brother Baby Jacob had come from Poland to live in a tiny sod house in Western Wisconsin and establish the very first farm in the entire Latsch Valley. Now the growing family lives in a real house, with neighbors on every side, and the world for quietly curious Anna is filled with fascinating possibilities—as well as lots of hard work. Sometimes she dreams of going back to the Poland she is always hearing about, but increasingly she realizes that life in Latsch Valley, with its rich cultural rhythm of work, play and religious faith, holds everything she could possibly want.
Author : Ashok Chakravarti
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845425529
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Aid, Institutions and Development written by Ashok Chakravarti and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book is a powerful critique of the effectiveness of development aid. It skilfully combines a wealth of practical experience with a thorough examination of recent academic research. It will certainly challenge the defenders of aid to rethink their position for the twenty-first century. John Toye, Department of Economics, Oxford, UK This is an excellent book; interesting and extremely well written. It offers a masterly survey of existing work in the field and will have a wide appeal amongst policymakers and academic economists with an interest in development. A.P. Thirlwall University of Kent, Canterbury, UK This book makes a significant contribution by examining an important issue, namely, the effects of foreign aid on development. The author provides an insightful critical review of the relevant academic literature, and presents a careful evaluation of recent foreign aid initiatives and approaches. The reader is struck by the author s painstaking and wide-ranging research on the subject, interspersed with thoughtful comments based on his own experiences. Scholars and practitioners working on development will find much that is insightful, informative, provocative and stimulating. Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre Dame, US In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed, oppressive and, in some cases, dangerous states. To address this malaise, Ashok Chakravarti argues that there should be more recognition of the role economic and political governance can play in achieving positive and sustainable development outcomes. Using the latest empirical findings on aid and growth, this book reveals how good governance can be achieved by radically restructuring the international aid architecture. This can be realised if the governments of donor nations and international financial institutions refocus their aid programs away from the transfer of resources and so-called poverty reduction measures, and instead play a more forceful role in the developing world to achieve the necessary political and institutional reform. Only in this way can aid become an effective instrument of growth and poverty reduction in the 21st century. Aid, Institutions and Development presents a new, thoroughly critical and holistic perspective on this topical and problematic subject. Academics and researchers in development economics, policymakers, NGOs, aid managers and informed readers will all find much to challenge and engage them within this book.
Author : Daniel Imhoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642830309
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Farm Bill written by Daniel Imhoff and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Daniel Imhoffs recently-published The Farm Bill: A Citizens Guide [is] a welcome and much-needed source for translating farm bill legalese ... [it is] a thorough and navigable history of the farm bill ... [that] hands readers the tools to take action." Foodprint "Dan Imhoff does an extraordinary job of explaining an impenetrable bill with such clarity that we can't ignore the facts: that our current Farm Bill profoundly damages our organic farms, our environment, and our health. Just as extraordinary are the practical solutions Imhoff proposes for fixing the bill--humane policies that would support regenerative agriculture and our local farmers instead of tearing them down." Alice Waters, Executive Chef, Founder, and Owner, Chez Panisse "Cuts to the core of dozens of issues Congress wrestles with every four years, and gives citizens sage advice for making their voices heard in a debate too often dominated by Big Ag, Big Food, and Big Money." Ken Cook, President and Cofounder, Environmental Working Group "A must-read for those who truly care about how they feed themselves and their families." Michel Nischan, Founder and CEO, Wholesome Wave "Readers will gain deep insight into the big barriers to Farm Bill reform, but also into the ripening opportunities for major change. Imhoff makes a strong case for why we should care and what it will take to transform policy." Ferd Hoefner, Strategic Senior Advisor, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition "Dan Imhoff is the go-to person if you want to know both details and the full sweep of the Farm Bill." Wes Jackson, President Emeritus, The Land Institute.
Author : Lisl H. Detlefsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948898003
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Right this Very Minute written by Lisl H. Detlefsen and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
Author : Steve Groff
Publisher : Advantage Media Group
ISBN 13 : 9781642251869
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Future-Proof Farm written by Steve Groff and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR FARMERS! WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE EARTH IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS Steve Groff's message to his fellow farmers is profound and prophetic: they are in danger of becoming obsolete. Major market changes are forcing them to make difficult decisions. Farmers who adjust have an opportunity to thrive. Those who do not are likely to fade away. Consumers increasingly demand that the food they eat and the clothes they wear come from producers who observe responsible farming practices such as cover crops and reduced tillage. The major corporate players are positioning themselves for a profitable future. Farmers must do likewise to ensure they will have a continuing market for their goods. To future-proof their farms, they must heal the live-giving soil that sustains their livelihood. Steve Groff knows that what is good for the earth is good for business. He has taken his message across the nation and to the corners of the world, promoting a new mindset that could save the family farm from extinction. This book is his wake-up call.
