Farming With Nature

Author : Sara J. Scherr,Jeffrey A. McNeely
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597267571

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Farming with Nature by Sara J. Scherr,Jeffrey A. McNeely Pdf

A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of “ecoagriculture” landscapes to generate cobenefits for production, biodiversity, and local people. Farming with Nature offers a synthesis of the state of knowledge of key topics in ecoagriculture. The book is a unique collaboration among renowned agricultural and ecological scientists, leading field conservationists, and farm and community leaders to synthesize knowledge and experience across sectors. The book examines: the knowledge base for ecoagriculture as well as barriers, gaps, and opportunities for developing improved ecoagriculture systems what we have learned about managing landscapes to achieve multiple objectives at a landscape scale existing incentives for farmers, other land managers, and investors to develop and invest in ecoagriculture systems pathways to develop, implement, manage, and scale up successful ecoagriculture Insights are drawn from around the world, in tropical, Mediterranean, and temperate environments, from farming systems that range from highly commercialized to semi-subsistence. Farming with Nature is an important new work that can serve as a foundation document for planners, farm organizations, researchers, project developers, and policy makers to develop strategies for promoting and sustaining ecoagriculture landscapes. Replete with valuable best practice guidelines, it is a critical resource for both practitioners and researchers in the field.

Author : Julia Wright
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429804519

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Subtle Agroecologies by Julia Wright Pdf

This book is about the invisible or subtle nature of food and farming, and also about the nature of existence. Everything that we know (and do not know) about the physical world has a subtle counterpart which has been scarcely considered in modernist farming practice and research. If you think this book isn’t for you, if it appears more important to attend to the pressing physical challenges the world is facing before having the luxury of turning to such subtleties, then think again. For it could be precisely this worldview – the one prioritises the physical-material dimension of reality - that helped get us into this situation in the first place. Perhaps we need a different worldview to get us out? This book makes a foundational contribution to the discipline of Subtle Agroecologies, a nexus of indigenous epistemologies, multidisciplinary advances in wave-based and ethereal studies, and the science of sustainable agriculture. Not a farming system in itself, Subtle Agroecologies superimposes a non-material dimension upon existing, materially-based agroecological farming systems. Bringing together 43 authors from 12 countries and five continents, from the natural and social sciences as well as the arts and humanities, this multi-contributed book introduces the discipline, explaining its relevance and potential contribution to the field of Agroecology. Research into Subtle Agroecologies may be described as the systematic study of the nature of the invisible world as it relates to the practice of agriculture, and to do this through adapting and innovating with research methods, in particular with those of a more embodied nature, with the overall purpose of bringing and maintaining balance and harmony. Such research is an open-minded inquiry, its grounding being the lived experiences of humans working on, and with, the land over several thousand years to the present. By reclaiming and reinterpreting the perennial relationship between humans and nature, the implications would revolutionise agriculture, heralding a new wave of more sustainable farming techniques, changing our whole relationship with nature to one of real collaboration rather than control, and ultimately transforming ourselves.

Author : David Andrew Norton,Nick C. H. Reid
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780643103252

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Nature and Farming by David Andrew Norton,Nick C. H. Reid Pdf

Explains why it is important to sustain native plants & animals in agricultural landscapes, outlines issues in developing & implementing practical approaches to safeguard native biodiversity in rural areas. Considers ecological & agricultural issues that determine what native biodiversity occurs in farmland.--

Author : Joseph A. Cocannouer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Soils
ISBN : UCAL:B3428217

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Farming with Nature by Joseph A. Cocannouer Pdf

Author : Joyce D'Silva,Carol McKenna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Livestock
ISBN : 1138541443

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Farming, Food and Nature by Joyce D'Silva,Carol McKenna Pdf

This book examines contemporary problems caused by intensive livestock production, and the impact on resource use, animal welfare, climate change and biodiversity. It will be an invaluable resource and provide inspiration for students, professionals, NGOs and the general reader.

Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 8185987009

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The Natural Way of Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka Pdf

...A natural way of farming that renounces all human knowledge and intervention. - preface.

Author : Sebastiao Salgado,Matt Dillon,Marcia Ostrom,Anna Mia Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990603636

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Human Nature by Sebastiao Salgado,Matt Dillon,Marcia Ostrom,Anna Mia Davidson Pdf

Davidson's deep commitment to sustainable farming stems from both her personal and professional lives. While photographing in Cuba in the 1990s, she learned of the traditional, natural methods of farming employed there, and realized the parallels with practices her husband John was implementing on their own farm in Washington. The end of a photographic series on Cuba became the beginnings of her visual exploration of a local farming community in Washington committed to sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry. Davidson's photographs highlight over ten small farms throughout the region; the book opens with an honest and poignant essay by her exploring her personal roots in photography, her affinity for the Northwest, and the joys and challenges many creative souls face of balancing sometimes conflicting identities--in her case, that of photographer, mother, activist, daughter, colleague, wife, friend, and farmer.

Author : Nancy J. Hayden,John P. Hayden
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603588294

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Farming on the Wild Side by Nancy J. Hayden,John P. Hayden Pdf

One farm’s decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture—and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health Northern Vermont’s Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse–powered, organic vegetable and livestock operation into an agroecological, regenerative, biodiverse, organic fruit farm, fruit nursery, and pollinator sanctuary. In Farming on the Wild Side they explain the philosophical and scientific principles that influenced them as they phased out sheep and potatoes and embraced apples, pears, stone fruits, and a wide variety of uncommon berry crops; turned much of their property into a semi-wild state; and adapted their marketing and sales strategies to the new century. As the Haydens pursued their goals of enhancing biodiversity and regenerating their land, they incorporated agroforestry and permaculture principles into perennial fruit polycultures, a pollinator sanctuary, repurposed greenhouses for growing fruit, hügelkultur, and ecological “pest” management. Beyond the practical techniques and tips, this book also inspires readers to develop greater ecological literacy and respect for the mysteries of the global ecosystem. Farming on the Wild Side tells a story about new ways to manage small farms and homesteads, about nurturing land, about ecology, about economics, and about things that we can all do to heal both the land and ourselves.

Author : Bharat Mansata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Organic farming
ISBN : 8185861412

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The Vision of Natural Farming by Bharat Mansata Pdf

Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603584180

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Sowing Seeds in the Desert by Masanobu Fukuoka Pdf

Argues that the Earth's deteriorating condition is man-made and outlines a way for the process to be reversed by rehabilitating the deserts using natural farming.

Author : Harold Willis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015077682584

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Foundations of Natural Farming by Harold Willis Pdf

"Join longtime ecological farming author/researcher Harold Willis as he explains the foundation concepts of natural farming and issues the call for cleaner forms of food and fiber production. In this single volume, the author details the interconnections between soil chemistry, microbial life, plants and livestock. He discusses the current problems in agriculture and suggests how lessons from nature provide the roadmap to efficiency, effectiveness and profitability. This book does not stop at providing recipes of what farmers need to do to farm better, but also passes along an understanding of the why of ecological agriculture. This book is certain to become a classic of clean farming and one of the most heavily bookmarked volumes on a farmer’s shelf."--Publisher description.

Author : Judith D. Soule,Jon Piper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015024798657

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Farming in Nature's Image by Judith D. Soule,Jon Piper Pdf

̃Farming in Nature's Image provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture. The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications of a new system of agriculture based on one unifying concept: that farms should mimic the ecosystems in which they exist. They present both theoretical and practical information, including: a review of the environmental degradation resulting from current farming practices a critical evaluation of the attempts to solve these problems a detailed description of the ecosystem perspective and the proposed new agricultural system a case study illustrating how this new system could be applied to temperate grain production using perennial seed crops and the prairie as a model an examination of the potential savings in energy and water use, as well as potential contributions to ecological experiments and yield analysis work from The Land Institute. Written in clear, non-technical language, this book will be of great interest to soil and agricultural scientists, academics, policymakers, environmentalists, and other concerned with finding long-range solutions to agricultural problems.

Author : Sepp Holzer
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603584647

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Desert Or Paradise by Sepp Holzer Pdf

Outlines the author's ten points of sustainable self-reliance, details pond and lake construction, and discusses biodiversity.

Author : Judy Soule,Jon Piper
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0933280882

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Farming in Nature's Image by Judy Soule,Jon Piper Pdf

̃Farming in Nature's Image provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture. The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications of a new system of agriculture based on one unifying concept: that farms should mimic the ecosystems in which they exist. They present both theoretical and practical information, including: a review of the environmental degradation resulting from current farming practices a critical evaluation of the attempts to solve these problems a detailed description of the ecosystem perspective and the proposed new agricultural system a case study illustrating how this new system could be applied to temperate grain production using perennial seed crops and the prairie as a model an examination of the potential savings in energy and water use, as well as potential contributions to ecological experiments and yield analysis work from The Land Institute. Written in clear, non-technical language, this book will be of great interest to soil and agricultural scientists, academics, policymakers, environmentalists, and other concerned with finding long-range solutions to agricultural problems.

Author : Liz Carlisle
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781642832228

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Healing Grounds by Liz Carlisle Pdf

A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that’s meant learning her tribe’s history to help bring back the buffalo. For another, it’s meant preserving forest purchased by her great-great-uncle, among the first wave of African Americans to buy land. Others are rejecting monoculture to grow corn, beans, and squash the way farmers in Mexico have done for centuries. Still others are rotating crops for the native cuisines of those who fled the “American wars” in Southeast Asia. In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors’ methods of growing food—techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health. While feeding their communities and revitalizing cultural ties to land, they are steadily stitching ecosystems back together and repairing the natural carbon cycle. This, Carlisle shows, is the true regenerative agriculture – not merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground, but a holistic approach that values diversity in both plants and people. Cultivating this kind of regenerative farming will require reckoning with our nation’s agricultural history—a history marked by discrimination and displacement. And it will ultimately require dismantling power structures that have blocked many farmers of color from owning land or building wealth. The task is great, but so is its promise. By coming together to restore these farmlands, we can not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities and ourselves.