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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! Thats the promise of Frank Hymans Hentopia. From the Vending Machine Feeder to the Refilling Rainwaterer, Hymans innovative building projects are designed to save time and money while keeping chickens safe, healthy, clean, and well fed. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and colorful photos, the 21 projects for the chicken yard range from creative doorways, nest boxes,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Owning chickens is fast becoming the latest in metropolitan chic. If you can't own them, you'll still want to read about them. Primal urges, the quest for ultimate power, sex, death, gender bending, and huge vet bills-these are the things that chickens are made of. Martin Gurdon's hilarious Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance relives the highs and lows of chicken ownership. This unique chicken memoir follows the Gurdon family through the ups and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Following the trail of the synthetic molecules in our environment and our food, Robin traces the ugly history of industrial chemical production, as well as the shoddy regulatory system for chemical products that still operates today. Using scientific studies, expert testimony, and interviews with farmworkers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin demonstrates how corporate interests-and our own ignorance-may be costing us our lives.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
From the publisher. Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the go-to reference for new and experienced cattle ranchers, providing expert advice on everything from breed selection, calving, feeding, and housing, to humane handling and slaughter practices. The 3rd edition, now with 125,000 copies in print contains new and expanded features: up-to-the-minute coverage of diseases and vaccination options; complete information on raising grass-fed animals,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Hill shares decades of horsekeeping experience to help readers provide a safe, efficient, healthy living environment for their horses. More than 250 photographs address topics such as stalls, tack rooms, work and storage areas, sanitation and pest control, feeding practices, safety and emergencies, and more.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Publisher's description: Over the course of a year, in just one national forest in California, raids on illegal marijuana growing operations yielded 19,710 pounds of infrastructure, 138 ounces of restricted poisons, 4,595 pounds of fertilizer, 12 gallons of common pesticides, 5.6 miles of waterlines, and 102 propane bottles. Even as efforts to legalize marijuana accelerate, such "trespass grows" spread exponentially--as does their effect on the environment....
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Good nutrition is essential for a strong and healthy horse. Here are in-depth explorations on the benefits of additives and herbal supplements inform Worth's dietary approach toward treating common health problems that include colic, cribbing, Cushing disease, ulcers, tying-up syndrome, and more. Providing your horse with a healthy, well-balanced diet will keep him looking and feeling his best for years to come. Author Melyni Worth covers every facet...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In recent years, there has been a surge of folks struck with the desire to build and nurture beehives of their own. Beekeeping has become the passion of farmers in rural Vermont, urbanites with rooftops in LA, and thousands of people in between. This book is for beginners and experts alike, with all the basic information you need to get started, as well as stories and tips that will inspire and instruct the most seasoned beekeeper.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available, whether you're a first-time owner or an experienced horse handler. Covering everything you need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses, expanded material on recognizing,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...
933) Early farm life
Author
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A book about the history of farm life and agriculture.
935) Food matters
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Cookbook author Bittman (How to Cook Everything) offers this no-nonsense volume loaded with compelling information about how the food we eat is doing damage to the environment, what changes to make and why.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Travelling around the world to places as far-flung as Vietnam, Kenya, India, and the US, Stephen Le introduces us to people who are growing, cooking, and eating food using both traditional and modern methods, striving for a sustainable, healthy diet ... Le contends that our ancestral diets provide the best first line of defense in protecting our health and providing a balanced diet. Fast-food diets, as well as strict regimens like paleo or vegan,...
937) At Any Price
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
Covers a broad range of ecological, economic, social, and political perspectives on one of natures' most potent forces, and the past century of failed attempts to control these wild events. Through photographs and essays by scientists, media critics, firefighters, and activists, this book challenges the view of wildfire as a destructive element and encourages us to embrace its positive role in nature's ecological processes.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
With Disney Planes: The Essential Guide, readers are invited into the world of Disney's newest character: Dusty, a big-hearted, fast-flying crop duster who dreams of competing in the most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history. They'll also learn more about his mentor, a naval aviator named Skipper, and the defending champ of the race circuit, Ripslinger, who will stop at nothing to see Dusty fail. Packed with facts, character profiles,...