This six-continent survey of the history, customs, and representations of the midday meal explains *who eats what for lunch; *where and when they eat it; *and what it means in the larger cultural context. The first international history of lunch, this book provides anecdotes and analysis that present lunch as a meaningful daily event.
The failures of "free-market" capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world's population continues to suffer from hunger or food insecurity on a daily basis. In Agriculture and Food in ......
The failures of "free-market" capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world's population continues to suffer from hunger or food insecurity on a daily basis. In Agriculture and Food in ......
Collects seven seminal lectures - four on developing a spiritual perception of nature and three from the author's Agriculture Course, dealing with the preparations. This book offers a transformative approach that can change the way we live together on Earth.
Confined Animals and the Transformation of the Rural Landscape
Over the past century American agriculture has shifted dramatically with small, commercial farms finding it increasingly difficult to compete with large-scale (mostly indoor) animal feeding operations (AFOs). In this book, Terence J. Centner investigates the environmental, social, economic, and political impact of the rise of the so-called factory ......
"The author, George A. Martin, knows his subject, not only fence building but the farm and its requirements. He knows the stock: the unconfinable pig, the dexterous cow. He knows his materials, especially wood. I count twenty-one species of tree in the text, each especially su...
Probing the profitable new science of creating--and altering--life formsModern agriculture is being transformed by the genetic alteration of seeds, animals, and microorganisms, a process that has produced such products as flavor saver tomatoes and crops resistant to specific insects or herbicides.Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment is ......
A remarkable series of lectures, delivered in 1924, in which Rudolf Steiner first laid down the principles of biodynamic agriculture. Includes Steiner's handwritten notes.
ISBN-13: 9780938250371
(Paperback)
Publisher: STEINER BOOKS INC Imprint: BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING & GARDENING ASSOCIATION
A reference for those farmers who are unsatisfied with conventional methods and for those gardeners who wish to improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve their families. This work provides an array of research data and results, as well as details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and fertilizing.
