CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a dynamic movement at the heart of agricultural renewal. This book is a sequel to the groundbreaking 'Farms of Tomorrow' which introduced the movement to the world. This new volume includes new essays and new farm profiles, and updates to the original profiles. Expanded appendices provide suggestions for starting CSA farms, look at the issues surrounding the acquisition of land, illustrate sample farm prospectuses and budgets, and offer lists of resources...
2017 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
The North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual provides extension specialists and agents, researchers, and professionals in the agriculture industry with information on the selection, application, and safe and proper use of agricultural chemicals. The manual is revised annually offering a wealth of up-to-date and reliable information covering pesticides, fertilizers, application equipment, specimen identification, growth regulators, and the control of insects, diseases, weeds, and animals.
Articulated Bus
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Tropical and Sub Tropical Fruit Crops: Crop Improvement and Varietal Wealth Part-I & Part 2
by S N Ghosh
According to the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Organic agriculture is a "production system that sustains the health of soils, eco-systems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved"....
Fao Country Profiles
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
San Luis Obispo County Wine (American Palate)
by Libbie Agran and Heather Muran
Contributed articles.
This greatly expanded and updated edition of a classic reference work comprises two volumes offering a compendium of methods for multiplying orchids through micropropagation. * A detailed collection of procedures and methods for multiplying orchids, including organ, tissue, and cell culture techniques in vitro * Presents classic techniques that have been in the forefront of orchid propagation since they were first developed in 1949 * Detailed procedures are appended with tables and complete rec...
Grow Proteas (Kirstenbosch gardening S.)
by Nathaniel Brown and etc.
Postharvest Handling of Fresh Vegetables (ACIAR Proceedings, #105)
Unleash your inner geek and let this irreverent romp through the wonders of the garden yield practical results. Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them? Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your garden in this laugh-out-loud treatise on the scientific wonders of plants and soil. Of...
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service - Bulletin 127; The Grinding of Spruce for Mechanical Pulp
by J H Thickens