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Sustainable Food Production: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer by Dr. Shahid Naeem
RRP: £16.99£13.34Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to... -
The First-Time Homesteader: A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead by Jessica Sowards
RRP: £18.99£13.15Are you striving for improved self-reliance and self-sufficiency for yourself and your family? Author Jessica Sowards of YouTube's Roots & Refuge Farm is the warm and welcoming guide you've been waiting for. Homesteading is a mindset and a lifestyle... -
Milk by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: £10.99£7.77Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy - with recipes throughout While mother's milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is... -
Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future by Philip Lymbery
RRP: £12.99£8.32'Powerful, purposeful and persuasive ... This book is transformative. We must read, mark and learn, fast' Michael Morpurgo 'A call to action - to change our world from the ground up. A vitally necessary book' Isabella Tree 'Philip Lymbery pulls no... -
Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements by Vandana Shiva
RRP: £18.99£12.75'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian 'Vandana Shiva is an expert [on the dangers of gobalization] whose analysis has helped us understand this situation much more deeply.' Russell Brand A powerful new memoir... -
Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman
RRP: £12.99£9.00Learn the difference between a farrow and a barrow, and what distinguishes a weanling from a yearling. Country and city mice alike will delight in Julia Rothman's charming illustrated guide to the curious parts and pieces of rural living. Dissecting... -
The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables by Adam Alexander 9781915294005
RRP: £18.99£12.75Radio 4's The Food Programme Book of the Year, chosen by Dan Saladino An Irish Times Best Gardening Book 2023 Shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild's Garden Book of the Year Award 2023 Longlisted for The Art of Eating Prize 2023 'If you're a... -
The Biodynamic Farm: Developing a Holistic Organism by Karl-Ernst Osthaus 9780863157660
RRP: £8.99£6.45Large-scale agriculture tends to view a farm as a means for producing a certain amount of grain, milk or meat. This practical book argues instead for a holistic method of farming: the farm as a living organism. This is the principle of biodynamic farming... -
Wildly Successful Farming: Sustainability and the New Agricultural Land Ethic by Brian DeVore 9780299318840
RRP: £18.95£12.96Wildly Successful Farming tells the stories of farmers across the American Midwest who are balancing profitability and food production with environmental sustainability and a passion for all things wild. They are using innovative techniques and... -
Moo's Law: An Investor's Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution by Jim Mellon 9780993047862
RRP: £14.99£9.72Moo's Law is the latest title from successful investor Jim Mellon, to help readers understand the investment landscape in cultivated and plant-based proteins and materials. Jim has a vision that within the next couple of decades world agriculture will be... -
A Soil Owner's Manual: How to Restore and Maintain Soil Health by Jon Stika 9781530431267
RRP: £12.95£11.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530431267Author Eve StikaFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide for Farmers, Smallholders & Gardeners by Sepp Holzer
RRP: £19.95£12.84Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria, 1,500 metres above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse... -
Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future by Philip Lymbery 9781526619327
RRP: £25.00£16.53'A book of urgency but also of hope, as Lymbery shares solutions to save us' Chris Packham 'Philip Lymbery pulls no punches in cataloguing the calamitous mistakes we've made in our food system, but he has bold and inspiring solutions to offer, too'... -
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy
RRP: £18.99£13.15Part lyrical nature writing, part storytelling, part solid scientific evidence, part scholarly research, part memoir, the book is an elegant manifesto, an urgent call to stop trashing the Earth and start healing it. the Guardian Perfect for readers of... -
Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture: An Evidence-based Guide to Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change by Vandana Shiva
RRP: £17.99£12.30The book is an interdisciplinary synthesis of research and practice carried out over decades by leaders of the agroecology and regenerative organic agriculture movement. It provides detailed analysis of the multiple crises we face due to chemical and... -
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little
RRP: £10.99£7.00Is the future of food looking bleak - or better than ever? At a time when every day brings news of drought and famine, Amanda Little investigates what it will take to feed a hotter, hungrier, more crowded world. She explores the past along with the... -
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy by Rebecca Burgess
RRP: £22.99£15.57A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economies There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those... -
The Worm Farmer's Handbook: Techniques and Systems for Successful Large-Scale Vermicomposting by Rhonda Sherman
RRP: £25.00£16.78Choice Reviews, Outstanding Academic Title Techniques and systems for processing food scraps, manure, yard debris, paper, and more Turning waste into wealth sounds too good to be true, but many worm farmers are finding that vermicomposting is a... -
Mycorrhizal Planet: How Symbiotic Fungi Work with Roots to Support Plant Health and Build Soil Fertility by Michael Phillips
RRP: £30.00£20.40Regenerative practices for the farm, garden, orchard, forest, and landscape Mycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for people to recognize just how important they are to the making of dynamic soils. These microscopic organisms partner with... -
The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change by Albert K. Bates
RRP: £14.99£9.88Conventional agriculture destroys our soils, pollutes our water and is a major contributor to climate change. What if our agricultural practices could stabilise, or even reverse these trends? This book explores the dual function of biochar as a... -
Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat, 2nd Edition by Nicolette Hahn Niman
RRP: £14.99£9.80We all need to understand the story behind our food. This is the strongest and most articulate case for understanding the central importance of grazing livestock in sustainable food systems that I've read. Patrick Holden, founder and chief executive,... -
Living with the Earth: A Manual for Market Gardeners. Volume 1: Permaculture, Ecoculture: Inspired by Nature: 1 by Perrine Hervé-Gruyer 9781856232609
RRP: £35.00£21.79Living With The Earth is a three volume series bringing together years of hands-on organic growing experience and research from the world-renowned Bec Hellouin Farm in France. In 2006, Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer set out on a mission to discover... -
The Art and Science of Grazing: How Grass Farmers Can Create Sustainable Systems for Healthy Animals and Farm Ecosystems by Sarah Flack
RRP: £30.00£19.80Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close... -
Holistic Management Handbook, Third Edition: Regenerating Your Land and Growing Your Profits by Jody Butterfield
RRP: £32.00£27.55Holistic management is a systems-thinking approach developed by biologist Allan Savory to restore the world's grassland soils and minimize the damaging effects of climate change and desertification on humans and the natural world. This third edition of... -
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener: 30th Anniversary Edition by Eliot Coleman
RRP: £22.50£15.27Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as relevant as ever. New York Times For anyone with an interest in sustainable growing, this is a must-read. Irish Times A perennial classic The New Organic Grower isone of the most... -
Polyface Designs: A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastruture by Joel Salatin 9781733686617
RRP: £70.00£47.15A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm's signature designs--with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile,... -
Divide by Anna Jones
RRP: £16.99£15.11Longlisted for The 2022 Wainwright Prize for writing on: CONSERVATION'Divide is well written and thought-provoking.' Sunday Telegraph'A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world. Essential reading for both incomer and... -
The Forest Garden Greenhouse: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Food Oasis by Jerome Osentowski
RRP: £35.00£22.83Now with a revolutionary new "Climate Battery" design for near-net-zero heating and cooling "Jerome Osentowski is a master of simple, elegantly frugal, eminently practical indoor gardens."-Amory Lovins In this groundbreaking book, Jerome... -
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: 10th Anniversary Edition (with a New Afterword) by Melanie Joy
RRP: £15.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590035016Author Melanie JoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience by Toby Hemenway
RRP: £20.00£13.35Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City... -
What is Biodynamics?: A Way to Heal and Revitalize the Earth by Rudolf Steiner 9780880105408
RRP: £17.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880105408Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)... -
Our Wild Farming Life: Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft by Lynn Cassells 9781645021650
RRP: £19.95£16.74As seen on the BBC's This Farming Life The inspirational story of Lynbreck Croft--a regenerative Scottish farm rooted in local food, community, and the dreams of two women. A ripping good account of the guts, luck and perseverance it takes to create a... -
The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins by John W. Dover
RRP: £45.99£40.13Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists. This book reviews and assesses the current state of research on hedgerows and associated field... -
Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture by Christopher Shein
RRP: £16.99£11.94"A useful and a wonderful resource whether you grow on a balcony, rooftop or in the ground." -Yolanda Burrell, owner of Pollinate Farm and Garden Supply Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as organic gardeners discover the... -
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon
RRP: £17.99£12.30The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash... -
The Winter Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Year-Round Harvests by Jean-Martin Fortier 9780865719873
RRP: £28.99£19.64The Complete Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables Year-Round in Northern Climates for Local Markets MANY SMALL FARMS shut down during the dark winter months. Yet with the right techniques, equipment, and cultivars, year-round growing can produce the... -
Heritage: Recipes and Stories by Sean Brock 9781579654634
RRP: £31.99£22.21New York Times best sellerWinner, James Beard Award for Best Book in American CookingWinner, IACP Julia Child First Book Award Named a Best Cookbook of the Season by Amazon, Food & Wine, Harper's Bazaar, Houston Chronicle, Huffington Post, New York... -
The Vandana Shiva Reader by Vandana Shiva
£28.87"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell... -
The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-sustaining Garden Ecosystem by Stephanie Rose
RRP: £18.99£12.75Discover how to work with nature, instead of against it, by employing permaculture techniques to create a garden that is not just more beautiful and productive, but also more resilient.While the word permaculture might sound intimidating, the principals... -
Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82 by Bob Bennett 9780882662961
RRP: £3.49£2.90Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable...