This book provides a uniquely accessible guide to the technology and processes of agriculture – from the small-scale family farmer through to multi-million acre ranches – to explain how food makes it from field to plate. Covering in detail all the key approaches to food production, including subsistence, arable, pastoral, mixed, intensive, nomadic and sedentary, from the most ecological to the most industrialised.
With food security in the UK becoming even more critical after Brexit, and with the concerns about supply routes during the COVID-19 pandemic, this subject could not be more relevant. Throughout the book, the techniques of farming are examined along with the fundamental science and practicalities behind everything it produces. In doing so, author Chris McNab delivers a fascinating insight into the world of food production, and informs the reader about one of the most crucial industries for the future of our planet.
- ISBN10 1785217577
- ISBN13 9781785217579
- Publish Date 5 July 2021
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
- Imprint J H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English