Author: Harold O. CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Field Guide to California Agriculture
Author: Paul StarrsPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520265432
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
"This book brings to life one of the most creative (and necessary) human endeavors and makes understandable the incredible complexity of California agriculture, one of the world's most daring experiments in feeding itself. A valuable resource that should be read by everyone—not just those of us who farm, but all of us who depend on farms."—Michael Ableman, farmer, photographer, and author of From the Good Earth, On Good Land, and Fields of Plenty. "No understanding of this state is possible without an understanding of its agriculture; that's how important this subject is."—Gerald Haslam, author of Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California "A fascinating, intriguing, and sometimes even humorous exploration of California's agriculture, from broccoli to marijuana and beyond. At long last, a book everyday people can read to understand the state's biggest industry."—Louis Warren, University of California, Davis
The Measure of California Agriculture
Author: Harold O. CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes
Author: H. Scott ButterfieldPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831263
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. In many desert dryland regions, however, intensive cultivation is causing their productivity to decline precipitously. "Rewilding" the least productive of these landscapes offers a sensible way to reverse the damage, recover natural diversity, and ensure long-term sustainability of remaining farms and the communities they support. This accessibly written, groundbreaking contributed volume is the first to examine in detail what it would take to retire eligible farmland and restore functioning natural ecosystems. The lessons in Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes will be useful to conservation leaders, policymakers, groundwater agencies, and water managers looking for inspiration and practical advice for solving the complicated issues of agricultural sustainability and water management.
Bulletin - State of California, Department of Agriculture
Author: California. Dept. of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1552
Book Description
Chasing the Harvest
Author: Gabriel ThompsonPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1786632209
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Lives from an invisible community—the migrant farmworkers of the United States The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California’s migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and ’70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California’s fields—one third of the nation’s agricultural work force—are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California’s fields, as real people struggle to win new opportunities for future generations. Among the narrators: Maricruz, a single mother fired from a packing plant after filing a sexual assault complaint against her supervisor. Roberto, a vineyard laborer in the scorching Coachella Valley who became an advocate for more humane working conditions after his teenage son almost died of heatstroke. Oscar, an elementary school teacher in Salinas who wants to free his students from a life in the fields, the fate that once awaited him as a child.
Monthly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California
Author: A Guidebook to California Agriculture
Author: Ann Foley ScheuringPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520376072
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
California Agriculture
Author: Claude Burton HutchisonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, State of California
Author: California. Dept. of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society
Author: California State Board of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description