Sustainable Market Farming

Sustainable Market Farming
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Publisher : New Society Publishers
Total Pages : 459
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ISBN-10 : 9781550925128
ISBN-13 : 1550925121
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Sustainable Market Farming by : Pam Dawling

Growing for 100 - the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower. Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres. Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.

Sustainable Development of Organic Agriculture

Sustainable Development of Organic Agriculture
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781771884846
ISBN-13 : 1771884843
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Sustainable Development of Organic Agriculture by : Kimberly Etingoff

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This important compilation presents an in-depth view spanning past values and practices, present understandings, and potential futures, and covering a range of concrete case studies on sustainable development of organic agriculture. The book explores the very different facets of organic and sustainable agriculture. Part I of this book delves into the ways that people have approached organic agriculture in sociological, scientific, and economic terms. Part II looks ahead to the future of organic agriculture, presenting opportunities for further progress. Part III consists of an extensive bibliography chronologically developing the progress of organic and sustainable agriculture over two thousand years. The book Studies the cultural dimension of organic consumption Presents how sustainable agriculture can reduce and mitigate the impact of climate change on crop production Looks at the impact of agriculture on both famine and rural poverty in an ecofriendly and socially inclusive manner Examines six of the oldest grain-crop-based organic comparison experiments in the US, looking at the environmental and economic outcomes from organic agroecosystems, to both producers and policymakers Reviews the role of experimentation and innovation in developing sustainable organic agriculture Looks at the challenges of organic farmers Discusses ways to ensure sustainability and resilience of farming Looks at ways to change the mindset of farmers especially in traditional farming communities Explores the development of organic and sustainable agriculture through more than 500 years, ending with the early twenty-first century. Altogether, the chapters provide a nuanced look at the development of organic and sustainable agriculture, with the conclusion that organic is not enough to be sustainable.

Vegetable Production and Practices

Vegetable Production and Practices
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Publisher : CABI
Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : 9781780645346
ISBN-13 : 1780645341
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Vegetable Production and Practices by : Gregory E Welbaum

Successful vegetable production in a modern competitive market requires an understanding of many more factors than the biology of crops and the production techniques involved. This major new textbook brings the science and practice of vegetable production right up to date by addressing modern culture techniques and the recent challenges of consumer demand facing producers today. It introduces vegetable production from the perspective of producing high quality produce that satisfies the needs of the modern consumer. Beginning with the basics of how vegetables are grown using high and low input methods, including organic and sustainable production techniques, the book goes on to introduce and discuss many topics covered less comprehensively in older texts, including Good Agricultural Practices to improve quality, reduce biological contamination and secure food safety; water management; cropping systems; plasticulture; protected culture and mineral nutrition. Vegetable Production and Practices also introduces the use of molecular biology for genetic improvement of crops. Issues specific to individual vegetable crops are addressed by family, including their diseases, harvesting, quality attributes and other issues of increasing importance to consumers, including the role of vegetables in human health. Professor Gregory E. Welbaum has a long history of teaching successful courses in horticulture at Virginia Tech and other universities in the US and worldwide. Vegetable Production Practices has been specifically designed to accompany courses in vegetable crop production, so is ideally suited to inspire students in crop and horticultural sciences, as well as provide a useful reference for experienced practitioners.

Farmers' Bulletin

Farmers' Bulletin
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015039359909
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Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Farmers' Bulletin by : United States. Department of Agriculture

Allelopathy

Allelopathy
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9781000715118
ISBN-13 : 1000715116
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Allelopathy by : Yoshiharu Fujii

The principal goal of allelopathy is to foster sustainable agriculture, forestry, and environment. The objective is to minimize the industrial chemicals and to maximize the use of natural resources locally available while improving crop productivity, forestry and the environment. The technological advances made in allelopathy research in recent years have been created, analyzed, and developed by scientific establishments throughout the world. They present exciting and intellectually challenging problems which are solvable using modern techniques. These modern and advanced techniques as described in the chapters presented in this volume are representative of the exciting research and development approaches today.

Selecting and using electric motors

Selecting and using electric motors
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 650
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105110633455
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Selecting and using electric motors by : L. H. Soderholm

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005
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Total Pages : 1124
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D02461627Y
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Rating : 4/5 (7Y Downloads)

Synopsis Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies