This book focuses on those policies contained in the 2014 farm bill that support agriculture-based renewable energy, especially biofuels. The intro...

We were undercapitalized, inexperienced, practiced democratic decision-making and some of us smoked dope occasionally. All elements that would make...

The Dark Web is a part of the internet that is hidden and hard to access. It allows users to remain anonymous. Some people use the Dark Web because...

The farm bill is an omnibus, multi-year law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. Although agricultural policies are sometimes c...

In 1895 Scottish entrepreneur, engineer, and outdoor adventurer Henry Ogle Bell-Irving built the Good Hope Cannery in Rivers Inlet, BC. There was a...

Add some visual zing to your new beekeeping hobby with the very first graphic guide! These fully illustrated pages, perfect for visual learners, of...

"Nifty book on honeybees . . . helpful things you can do!" -- Margaret Atwood (via Twitter) In this updated bestseller (with new science and data r...

This is a remarkable and deeply wise reflection on land, farming, a sense of place, connecting with nature and what it means to live on this earth....

New Zealand depends on what our farmers, foresters and horticulturalists grow. When agriculture catches a cold, the entire economy sneezes. Right n...

The world needs nutrition-driven agriculture that operates within planetary boundaries. But a recent OECD report on New Zealand’s environmental per...

This book is for those who are seriously engaged in the problems of tillage. Mechanical tillage plays a very important role in shaping the harvest ...

Beef cow-calf farms operate in an industry characterised by large numbers of small farms. Many of these farms specialise in beef cattle production,...

The book opens with a biography by Peter's wife, the Reverend Vicky Cullen, offering the reader an insight into Peter's personal life and the influ...

"Someday" Big Fred Hewett used to say in his Humboldt Saloon in Aberdeen, Washington, "these pictures will show how the boys used to do it." He kne...

The reissue of the classic history about the sawmill industry in the Pacific Northwest is rich in memories. Here is the vital and true story of the...

This book discusses the harvesting, prevalence and benefits of tilapia and trout. Chapter One begins with a review of the risks and benefits of til...

Has anyone today any conception of the grandeur, the extent, the million board feet a day production...the entire meaning of the forests of the Pac...

The tomato is one of the world's major vegetable crops. Like other important crops, tomatoes also suffer huge crop losses due to many severe diseas...

Natural ecosystems provide the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. Goods and services provided by ecosystems include, for ex...

The animal sector of agriculture has undergone major changes in the last several decades, a fact that has drawn the attention of policymakers and t...

The purpose of this volume is to explore the involvement of NGOs in the development of a rural region of Cameroon that has attracted a large propor...

Axel Kahn's book, published late in 1996, which provided an overview of the opinions expressed by the Commission of Biomolecular Engineering about ...

In an increasingly interconnected and bioeconomic world, agriculture is one of the vital and extremely complex links; on one hand, it provides food...

Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that t...