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Taste, Memory Forgotten Foods, Lost Flavors, and Why They Matter by David Buchanan
epub |eng | 2012-11-08 | Author:David Buchanan

To date Minnesota’s revenue has amounted to over $10 million, divided equally among the school, Honeycrisp’s breeders, and a fund for ongoing projects. This influx of cash has been critical ...
( Category: Essays August 7,2020 )
Taste, Memory: Forgotten Foods, Lost Flavors, and Why They Matter by David Buchanan
mobi |eng | 2012-10-24 | Author:David Buchanan [Buchanan, David]

Seven SMALL FARMS IN THE CITY, THE COUNTRY, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN “Didn’t think you’d make it,” my friend Jeremy Oldfield says as I come rushing through the New Haven, ...
( Category: Essays August 7,2020 )
Tending the Wild by Anderson M. Kat
epub |eng | 2012-01-22 | Author:Anderson, M. Kat

BROADCASTING SEEDS AND GRAINS When Indian women gathered seeds and grains with a seed beater and gathering basket, some seeds would fly too far or bounce out of the basket. ...
( Category: Native American Studies August 6,2020 )
Gaia by Lovelock James
epub |eng | 2000-08-14 | Author:Lovelock, James

Fig. 6. The fluxes of oxygen and carbon between the major reservoirs of the Earth’s atmosphere, surface, and oceans. Quantities are shown in units of terramoles. A terramole of carbon ...
( Category: Environmental Science August 6,2020 )
Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming by Eric Justes
epub |eng | | Author:Eric Justes

Crop Rotations and Fallow Period Types Three types of fallow period were defined on the basis of the the previous-next pairing (previous main crop-next main crop):Wheat-maize: long fallow period after ...
( Category: Environmental August 6,2020 )
The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman
epub |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:Diane Ackerman [Ackerman, Diane]

One morning, though the seas were galloping and high, we stood on the promontory in back of the house, binoculars pressed to our eyes, searching the horizon for whales. Actually, ...
( Category: Wildlife August 6,2020 )
Holistic Management by Allan Savory & Jody Butterfield
epub |eng | 2013-02-11 | Author:Allan Savory & Jody Butterfield [Savory, Allan]

Conclusion As I mentioned, most individuals have only limited power to control the source of energy they use, although citizens can speak out for better governance, policies, planning, and regulation. ...
( Category: Conservation August 6,2020 )
Rotifers by Atsushi Hagiwara & Tatsuki Yoshinaga
epub |eng | | Author:Atsushi Hagiwara & Tatsuki Yoshinaga

7.2 Sources of Variation in Life History Traits There are two main reasons why life history traits might differ between two individuals: phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation. The former refers ...
( Category: Ichthyology August 6,2020 )
The Once and Future Forest by Leslie Sauer
epub |eng | 2013-05-28 | Author:Leslie Sauer

• Fencing and repellents These alternatives are relatively costly and only applicable to specialized site situations. In general, repellents work best when changed frequently and where densities are relatively low. ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry August 5,2020 )
Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands by Federico Morelli & Piotr Tryjanowski
epub |eng | | Author:Federico Morelli & Piotr Tryjanowski

4.4.2 Indicator Species Analysis Another useful tool, in order to identify a set of bird species as potential indicators in a particular type of farming system, is the indicator value ...
( Category: Sustainable Development August 5,2020 )
Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice by Shannon Elizabeth Bell
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-08-14 | Author:Shannon Elizabeth Bell

The Fight for Clean Water in Prenter In 2007, a new issue of concern surfaced in Patty’s community: water contamination. After residents of Rawl in Mingo County, West Virginia, discovered ...
( Category: Environmental Policy August 5,2020 )
The Human Age by Diane Ackerman
epub |eng | | Author:Diane Ackerman

WEIGHING IN THE NANOSCALE We’re not just seeing invisibles; we’re engineering things on a minute, invisible-to-the-eye scale. “Nano,” which means “dwarf” in Greek, applies to things one-billionth of a meter ...
( Category: Natural History August 5,2020 )
Fire Management in the American West by Mark Hudson
epub |eng | 2011-08-14 | Author:Mark Hudson

CHAPTER FIVE OUT OF THE FRYING PAN Catastrophic Fire as a “Crisis of Crisis Management” The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in ...
( Category: Environmental Policy August 3,2020 )
Whispers and Shadows by Jerry Apps
epub |eng | 2015-08-14 | Author:Jerry Apps

Pond Magic While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless. HENRY DAVID THOREAU We are lucky to have two ponds at Roshara, one entirely ...
( Category: United States August 2,2020 )
Down from the Mountain by Bryce Andrews
epub |eng | | Author:Bryce Andrews

7 Reaping When grizzly cubs lose their mother, they lose everything. The milk that they have depended on is gone, and just as damaging is the loss of a sow’s ...
( Category: Bears August 1,2020 )

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