Primary Industries

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...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWinner of the Willie Lee Rose PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in United States HistoryHagley Prize in Business ...

Police put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold for selling cigarettes on a New York City street corner. George Floyd was killed by police outside a st...