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Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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This is a comprehensive, encyclopedic guide for the small-scale family farmer, the hobby farmer, or the potential farmer. They explain the basics of farming from start to finish: from planting to harvesting and farrowing to marketing. With the authors' help, you'll learn how to grow crops, repair a fence, drive a tractor, keep livestock (from bees to cattle), and much more.--COVER.
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Junie B. Jones volume 15
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Language
English
Description
When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster.
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Publisher
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English
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"Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time--and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide--an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and...
Series
Research in rural sociology and development volume Volume 25
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Publisher
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English
Description
"Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine—up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repeat. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings: Griffith Burnett—Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kelly—and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With only a small capital investment, and without the need to own land, you can become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer will help you learn the crops, techniques, and business strategies you need to make a good living growing food intensively right in your own backyard. Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local...
20) Plantations, privatization, poverty, and power: changing ownership and management of state forests
Series
Publisher
Earthscan
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Examines the evidence and explores the many issues raised by changing relationships between the state, the private sector and local livelihoods. Key lessons in how governments can best achieve a balance between private and public involvement are provided by seven case studies from Australia, China, Chile, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom"--Provided by publisher.
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