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There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and t...

Increasing food prices have renewed concerns about long-run agricultural demand and supply in the global economy. This book looks at results, metho...

Following Serbia's acceptance as a candidate for EU membership, it's agriculture and rural issues will receive major attention as agriculture is an...

Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has been able to devise new ways to grow more food and get it more places more...

A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing indu...

Pacific salmon are among the dominant fish groups and the main consumers of forage resources in the upper layer of the subarctic Pacific. In the la...

Today, aquaculture in federal waters is among the most talked-about technologies associated with the future of seafood production in the United Sta...

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishi...

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) developed the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction (ALWTR) plan to protect endangered large whales from...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has conducted an assessment in response to national and international concerns that over...

On 17 June 2014, the White House released a Presidential Memorandum entitled Establishing a Comprehensive Framework to Combat Illegal, Unreported,...

Mollusca is one of the largest phyla in the animal kingdom, over 50,000 species having been described, thus comprising more than a half of the mari...

[F]or anyone who has ever sat in a city office dreaming of owning a smallholding one day and living off the land, this book will inspire them to ta...

Use electric fencing to protect your livestock, poultry, beehives, and garden. Portable electric fencing is key to successful rotational grazing, w...

Population growth and food supply have long been of central concern to economists.  The World Food Economy examines the lessons of the past while a...

The best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now ...

The long-awaited second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing t...

Late in the 1930s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture set up a national network of local organizations that joined farmers with public administrato...

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues explores the topic of food across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and related areas including ...

Following years of complacency about food security and agriculture, world food prices began increasing in 2000 and currently remain well above long...

An expanded second edition of SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLUES: THE MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA is now available. The authors, a cultural anthro...

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes...

The award-winning documentary Cowspiracy presents alarming truths about the e ffects of animal agriculture on the planet. One of the leading causes...

Cesar Chavez is the most prominent Latino in United States history books, and much has been written about Chavez and the United Farm Worker's heyda...

The mid-1800s witnessed a mass exodus from the Pennine Dales as the then latest generation of farmers and miners sought a new life in the New World...

Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the ...

A deeply human-centered perspective on the origins of America's food Where Am I Eating? bridges the gap between global food producers and the Ameri...

Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities. Following the auth...

'A must-read for anyone interested in food and the future' Yotam OttolenghiBased on ten years of surveying farming communities around the world, to...

In this loving homage to beautiful bud, author Ellen Holland takes you on a journey into the heart of how cannabis is farmed, produced, and appreci...

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