Agricultural Sciences
epub |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Sheldon Krimsky

35 The Role of GMOs in Sustainable Agriculture BY DOUG GURIAN-SHERMAN Doug Gurian-Sherman, PhD, is a Senior Scientist with the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. ...
( Category: Social Sciences April 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-11 | Author:Sepp Holzer

Use as a Storage Room Earth is the cheapest and best insulation. The temperature of the soil balances out fluctuations and provides a steady room temperature, which is not just ...
( Category: Gardening & Landscape Design April 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-12 | Author:Colin Tudge [Colin Tudge]

Towards the future The neoliberal industrialists who run the world are convinced that we need more of what we have now: more and more output (even if the output is ...
( Category: Industries April 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-12 | Author:Benjamin Vogt

As we dig deeper into how we respond to perceived threats to our beliefs, we’re practicing critical thinking. It’s not the same as being critical or criticizing someone on a ...
( Category: Gardening & Landscape Design April 12,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Barry Estabrook

I HAD A FREE AFTERNOON before I had to head back to Copenhagen to catch my flight home, and Munck suggested—almost insisted—that we take a tour of one of the ...
( Category: Biological Sciences April 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-11 | Author:Holly Scoggins

Figure 12-1. A crowded test tube (foreground) indicates that it is past time to transfer the plantlets. Ideally, plantlets are transferred before they become overgrown. Saving on media chemicals by ...
( Category: Biological Sciences April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-22 | Author:Elizabeth McInnes

Chapter 6 Clinical Pathology Barbara von Beust Independent consultant, Winterthur, Switzerland Learning Objectives Understand haematology. Understand clinical chemistry. Understand urinalysis. Understand biomarkers and organ weights. Understand clinical pathology profiles in ...
( Category: Chemistry April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-14 | Author:Cobleigh, Rolfe

Know thy opportunity.— Pittacus. A Convenient Garden Stool This device will prove useful in doing hand work in the garden. It is made from two barrel staves upon which is ...
( Category: Home Improvement & Design April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-23 | Author:The Gardeners of Seattle Tilth, Lisa Taylor [Taylor, Lisa]

How to harvest Blueberries are red when they are green—in other words, don’t pick them until they are dark blue! Blueberries are ready to harvest beginning in early July through ...
( Category: Agricultural Sciences April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Morath

7 The Workers Who Feed Us Poverty and Food Insecurity among U.S. Restaurant and Retail Workers Saru Jayaraman, University of California, Berkeley Most Americans experience the food system as consumers—eating ...
( Category: Agricultural Sciences April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Miriam Horn

* Motor Vessel. † Draft is the distance from a vessel’s waterline to its bottom. ‡ The flat part the boat pushes with. § A chenier is a ridge built ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:GORDON CONWAY

Farmers as Breeders Farmers usually hold strong, and often insightful, opinions on the qualities of crop types and livestock breeds. New varieties are often adversely compared with traditional varieties, with ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Britt Brandon

47. EAT VEGGIE SOUP WITH COCONUT OIL TO EASE COLDS The tantalizing aromas of garlic and onion, the spicy kick of cayenne, and the vibrant colors of red lentils and ...
( Category: Engineering April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-20 | Author:Galen.,Grant, Mark. [MARK GRANT]

Calavances and birds’ peas As with fenugreek, these seeds are soaked beforehand in water, and the whole length of the root is eaten dipped in fish-sauce as a starter to ...
( Category: History April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-13 | Author:Berlow, Ali

National Center for Farmworker Health The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) is a private nonprofit corporation, established in 1975, located in Buda, Texas. NCFH provides information services, technical assistance, ...
( Category: Sustainable Living April 11,2018 )