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This volume addresses the challenges of the short shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Innovative packaging technologies are the most promising strategies for overcoming these limitations. This book provides a host of sustainable packaging solutions that...

Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive summary of the archaeological process as applied in an underwater context. Long awaited second edition of what is popularly referred to as the NAS HandbookProvides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582434841Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 126mm * 20mm

Covering the most important pathogens, this handbook provides clear, concise descriptions of the symptoms and cycles of diseases and disorders, and the pests that commonly prey on potato crops, their distribution and importance, and advice on their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880107099Author Erik BerrevoetsFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams) 200g

Fruit production is one of the most challenging areas of organic growing, and those wanting to grow fruit organically have often found it difficult to obtain the necessary technical information. Essential reading for serious gardeners, smallholders,...

Farmageddon in Pictures is a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices - delivered in handy, bite-sized pieces. Clear, direct text, lavishly illustrated with full-colour photography and infographics, this is a fascinating...

Nicolas Joly is responsible for producing some of the finest and most highly esteemed wines of France at his Coulee de Serrant vineyard. Practising the biodynamic method of agriculture - sometimes referred to as 'premium organic' - he is at the forefront...

'Refreshingly fluent narrative, brimming full of stories and metaphors' Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK 'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources' Jacqueline...

People like to believe in a past golden age of `traditional' English countryside, before large farms, machinery, and the destruction of hedgerows changed the landscape forever. However, that countryside may have looked both more and less familiar than we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955423236Author Irene MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Gtm Press LLCPublisher Gtm Press LLCWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 6mm

"Mr. Dahlstrom...has written a superb history of the tractor and this long-forgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agriculture. We now know the whole story of when farming, business and the free-market economy diverged, divided and conquered." -Wall...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904349877Author Jo DraperFormat HardbackPage Count 143Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press

Offering proven techniques and practical advice, this inspiring handbook covers all aspects of successfully running a small organic farm. With expert tips on everything from buying land to creating a niche market for your products, Karl Schwenke shows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904846253Author John RawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 347gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Fermenting For Dummies (9781119594208) was previously published as Fermenting For Dummies (9781118615683). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891189756Author Georges StoopsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams)...

The revised edition of the bestselling textbook, covering both classical and molecular plant breeding Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding integrates theory and practice to provide an insightful examination of the fundamental principles and advanced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018927Author PalladiusFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

This practical handbook of properties for soils and rock contains in a concise tabular format the key issues relevant to geotechnical investigations, assessments and designs in common practice. There are brief notes on the application of the tables...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849022613Author Henry StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 712Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 982gDimensions(mm)...

An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water, often overlooked and wasted, enables both small farmers and commercial agriculturists to improve yields and the...

The full inside story of the technology paradigm shift transforming the food we eat and who is making it Ultra-processed and secretly produced foods are roaring back into vogue, cheered by consumers and investors because they are plant-based-often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452822976Author Marc RemillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

A Roman farmer on farming.Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) of Gades (Cadiz) lived in the reigns of the first emperors to about AD 70. He moved early in life to Italy where he owned farms and lived near Rome. It is probable that he did military ...

A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was...

Learn how to use natural no-till systems to increase profitability, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and soil health on your small farm. The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is the comprehensive farmer-developed roadmap showing how no-till lowers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849022590Author Henry StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 744Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 1025gDimensions(mm)...

This concise, practical text covers the essential information veterinary students, new graduates and practitioners need to succeed in equine practice, focussing on lameness. Written for an international readership, the book conveys the core information...

The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors explores the range of iconic "green tractors" with which Illinois-based John Deere has become one of the world's most recognizable brands. Part of Motorbooks' Complete Book series, this fact-packed volume...

Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now...

This book offers new and diverse perspectives on the ideational qualities of past landscapes.About the AuthorWendy Ashmore is a professor of Maya archaeology at the University of California, Riverside. She has been involved in excavations in Belize,...

Garden with the confidence of a winner! Proven Winners is America's #1 plant brand. And now they are sharing their expert plant knowledge and creative design ideas in their first book, The Proven Winners Garden Book. This definitive guide starts with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040067Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955423151Author Irene MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Gtm Press LLCPublisher Gtm Press LLCWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 6mm

A most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.-San Francisco ChronicleRalph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through...

A Roman farmer on farming.Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) of Gades (Cadiz) lived in the reigns of the first emperors to about AD 70. He moved early in life to Italy where he owned farms and lived near Rome. It is probable that he did military ...

The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture. It starts with a layman's guide to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911212Author Sheila BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

How can cultivated plant biodiversity contribute to the transformation and the "ecologization" of agriculture in Southern countries? Based on extensive field work in the Southern countries, a great deal of scientific progress is presented in all areas...