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New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Adventures on the road to real-world self-sufficiency
Many of us want to increase our self-sufficiency, but few have access to the ideal 5 sunny, gently-sloping acres of rich, loamy, well-drained soil. Jenni Blackmore presents a highly entertaining, personal account of how permaculture can be practiced in adverse conditions, allowing anyone to learn to live more sustainably in a less-than-perfect world. With a rallying
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Publisher
CRC Press
Language
English
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"With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the past - higher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reduction - can be counted on to come to the rescue. In fact, these solutions are now part of the problem. It is becoming quite clear that the only way to keep the food crisis from escalating is to promote...
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British Food Journal An international multi-disciplinary journal for the dissemination of food-related research volume Volume 118, Number 6
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Series
Welfare Economia Sociale e Svilluppo volume 9
Publisher
G. Giappichelli Editore
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Italiano
Publisher
Ashgate
Language
English
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"What defines a sustainable food system? How can it be more inclusive? How do local and global scales interact and how does power flow within food systems? How to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to realizing sustainable food systems? And how to activate change? These questions are considered by EU and North American academics and practitioners in this book. Using a wide range of case studies, it provides a critical overview, showing how and...
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Management of environmental quality volume 15, no. 5
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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