Agriculture & Farming

This book examines our oft emotional relationship with food; the way science has been used and misused by those who govern, provide advice to the p...

People have always grown food in urban spaces - on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks - but today, urban farmers ar...

Orchids, the epitome of floral beauty, have long inspired poetry, adventure, art and scientific discovery. In Orchid Muse, historian and home orchi...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about wattles, a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus ...

Water scarcity is on everyones mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has become dependent on economics, politics, and peoples food and l...

Alaska pollock is everywhere. If youre eating fish but you dont know what kind it is, its almost certainly pollock. Prized for its generic fish tas...

A simple design object to overcome food scarcity. The sausage is one of mankind's first-ever designed food items. A paragon of efficient butchery,...

Composting at scales large enough to capture and recycle the organic wastes of a given community, whether a school, neighborhood, or even a small c...

This series, initiated under the general editorship of the late H. P. R. Finberg, comprises eight volumes covering the agrarian history of England ...

This title provides an in-depth and vivid tour of architecture, like no other. These collections are some of the largest and most often used by the...

A practical and indispensable guide which covers all you need to know about keeping poultry in your own back garden. Find out: What housing and ba...

As much as 70 per cent of Essex is agricultural, and given its proximity to the capital it is not surprising that so many members of the Womens Lan...