Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
Backyard Farming: Raising Goats
For Dairy and Meat
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Backyard Farming: Raising Goats is the ideal resource for the new farmer just starting out, providing a comprehensive guide for preparing and caring for the addition of goats to your backyard farm!
Backyard Farming: Raising Goats is the perfect guide for beginners thinkingabout including goats...
Honeybee
Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Marina Marchese's inspirational and practical story of learning to raise honeybees and creating a life she loves.
"[An] engaging, delightfully informative work." - Publishers Weekly
"Marchese has given us a lovely gift. Honeybee is an entertaining and useful primer for the novice and...
by Kathy Scott
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
So, you have decided that you want to raise honeybees. That's a wonderful choice and one that will be fun and give you a lot of satisfaction.
Have you decided that you want a hive in your backyard to enjoy on sunny days or are you a little more ambitious and may be thinking about raising honeybees...
Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less)
Eat Healthy, Save Money, and Live Sustainably in the Space You Have
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
As food prices continue to rise, more and more people have discovered that they can create their own food supply, right on their own property, and at a fraction of the price of conventional farm food that's been shipped to their local grocery from locations unknown. By raising and harvesting their...
by Jan Zalasiewicz
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from rocks, and we obtain nearly all...
The Rooftop Beekeeper
A Scrappy Guide to Keeping Urban Honeybees
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The number of urban beekeepers has escalated with more than 25 percent increases year over year in the United States and the United Kingdom. From a go-to authority on beekeeping and backyard farming, The Rooftop Beekeeper is the first handbook to explore the ease and charm of keeping bees in an urban...
A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens
Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Chickens make wonderful pets, and Melissa Caughey provides all the information kids need to raise healthy chickens and have lots of fun doing it. Covering everything from feeding, housing, and collecting eggs to quirky behaviors and humane treatment, Caughey’s engaging advice helps children understand...
Homegrown Humus
Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!
Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who...
Organic Farming
How to Raise, Certify, and Market Organic Crops and Livestock
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Organic Farming is the seed you need to get your organic farm growing. This essential guidebook explains everything you need to know to begin and maintain a healthy, productive, and profitable organic farm, from organic certification to planting crops to marketing your produce.
If you’re...
Citizen Farmers
The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities, and Give Back to the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
A guide to organic vegetable gardens and small-scale farming with an emphasis on sustainability.
Biodynamic farming, with its focus on ecological sustainability, has emerged as the gold standard in the organic gardening movement. Daron Joffe—known as Farmer D—has made it his mission to...
by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Nearly eleven thousand years ago humans moved away from hunting and gathering and began to raise livestock and plant crops. Our nostalgia for...
Organic Manifesto
How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Rodale was founded on the belief that organic gardening is the key to better health both for us and for the planet, and never has this message been more urgent. Now, with Organic Manifesto, Maria Rodale, chairman of Rodale, sheds new light on the state of 21st century farming. She examines the unholy...
One Billion Hungry
Can We Feed the World?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate...
The Joy of Keeping Goats
The Ultimate Guide to Dairy and Meat Goats
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Goats are easy to care for and a low-investment choice for anyone wishing to live out rural dreams or add to an existing stable. The Joy of Keeping Goats offers practical advice, clear guidelines, and wonderful anecdotes from author and self-sustainer Laura Childs. In her book, she walks readers step-by-step...