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The Pecan by James McWilliams
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-19 | Author:James McWilliams

CHAPTER 6 “Pecans for the World” THE PECAN GOES INDUSTRIAL, 1920–1945 If scientific agriculture came of age in the late 1800s, modern agribusiness arose in full force after World War ...
( Category: Trees April 4,2015 )
Over the Farmer's Gate by Roger Evans
epub |eng | 2014-03-03 | Author:Roger Evans [Roger Evans]

ON PREVIOUS occasions I have mentioned milk prices. Well, they are finally turning the corner. We haven’t exactly found the end of the rainbow but it now seems likely that ...
( Category: Fauna March 4,2015 )
Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-02 | Author:Sven Beckert [Beckert, Sven]

Famine victims, probably 1899, India (illustration credit 11.12) Experiencing a new kind of uncertainty thanks to world market integration, and squeezed by moneylenders, cotton growers in India, Brazil, Mexico, and ...
( Category: Trades & Tariffs January 4,2015 )
Beam, Straight Up by Fred Noe & Jim Kokoris
epub |eng | 2012-08-17 | Author:Fred Noe & Jim Kokoris

I worked at the distillery for 28 years, moving around the place, serving in a number of capacities. As Booker wanted, I was learning the family business from the ground ...
( Category: Agriculture December 27,2014 )
Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives by Steel Carolyn
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-30 | Author:Steel, Carolyn [Steel, Carolyn]

The kitchen at Villa Stein-de Monzie in 1926. Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook Despite the best efforts of early feminists to raise the status of cooking, they failed to address one ...
( Category: Agriculture November 24,2014 )
Hemp Bound by Doug Fine
epub |eng | 2014-03-10 | Author:Doug Fine

Chapter Eight Don’t Just Legalize It—Subsidize It By the time I clued in to communities like Feldheim, I was pretty excited. The whole picture was in place: seed oil, construction ...
( Category: Environmental Policy October 27,2014 )
Goats by Sue Weaver
epub |eng | 2011-03-31 | Author:Sue Weaver

CARING FOR THE NEW KIDS Make sure your kids get the right start in life so they’ll be healthy. That means ensuring they get the proper nutrients, keep warm, and ...
( Category: Cheese & Dairy October 9,2014 )
Banana by Dan Koeppel
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-09-21 | Author:Dan Koeppel

TODAY, CHATSWORTH IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION. While the duke and his family live in private quarters (if they’re home; they own eight other residences throughout the world), the public peruses ...
( Category: Agriculture September 22,2014 )
Where Am I Eating an Adventure Through the Global Food Economy by Kelsey Timmerman
epub |eng | 2013-03-27 | Author:Kelsey Timmerman

All of these bananas were the same type: the Cavendish. Not only that, but they are all genetic clones of one another. My grandparents ate what EARTH's banana expert Luis ...
( Category: Agriculture March 26,2014 )
Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry by Gail A. Eisnitz
epub |eng | 2009-07-17 | Author:Gail A. Eisnitz [Eisnitz, Gail A.]

"Streamlined Inspection didn't formally affect line speeds," said GAP's Tom Devine. "Rather, at these plants inspectors were stripped of their ability to detect conditions that would justify stopping the line." ...
( Category: Agriculture March 26,2014 )

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