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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Organic farming

Muck and Mind - Encountering Biodynamic Agriculture: An Alchemical Journey (Paperback): Jonathan Michael Code Muck and Mind - Encountering Biodynamic Agriculture: An Alchemical Journey (Paperback)
Jonathan Michael Code
R602 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R114 (19%) In Stock

There is a profound, qualitative difference between the approach of biodynamic agriculture and mainstream factory farming or genetic modification. However, Jonathan Code argues that the most significant difference is not between the practical methods employed, but in the consciousness behind those methods. This insightful book examines how the biodynamic approach to land stewardship, and a deeper understanding of how to work with the land, plants and animals, can become a catalyst not only for the transformation of compost and soil, but also for the transformation of consciousness. This is a book for anyone interested in not only healthy agriculture, but how it feeds a healthy culture.

Two for Joy - The untold ways to enjoy the countryside (Paperback): Adam Henson Two for Joy - The untold ways to enjoy the countryside (Paperback)
Adam Henson
R481 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Save R222 (46%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Two for Joy, Adam Henson - much-loved and long-standing presenter of Countryfile and Lambing Live - goes on a journey through the seasons to show you what you can find, spot, observe and do in the countryside, to help you find joy in nature all year round. No matter whether you've always loved the countryside or are recent converts to nature (perhaps owing to lockdown and the pandemic), farmer Adam Henson is here to gift you all the knowledge needed to keep that joy and wonder of the British and Irish countryside alive the whole year through. Divided into the four seasons, Two for Joy will help you understand what's happening on farms and in hedgerows throughout the year; show us the animals we might see around us and what they're busy doing; bring to life the stories behind countryside superstitions and folklore; revisit old traditions and show us how we can include them today; and encourage us to look up at the trees, sky and stars. Whether you read this book in the depths of winter in an armchair by the fire, or on a picnic rug in a field on a sunny day, it promises to open your eyes to the awe-inspiring powers of our uniquely British countryside in ways you've never noticed before.

Advances in Organic Farming - Agronomic Soil Management Practices (Paperback): Vijay Singh Meena, Sunita Kumari Meena, Amitava... Advances in Organic Farming - Agronomic Soil Management Practices (Paperback)
Vijay Singh Meena, Sunita Kumari Meena, Amitava Rakshit, Johnson Stanley, Srinivasa Rao
R4,413 Discovery Miles 44 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices focuses on the integrated interactions between soil-plant-microbe-environment elements in a functioning ecosystem. It explains sustainable nutrient management under organic farming and agriculture, with chapters focusing on the role of nutrient management in sustaining global ecosystems, the remediation of polluted soils, conservation practices, degradation of pollutants, biofertilizers and biopesticides, critical biogeochemical cycles, potential responses for current and impending environmental change, and other critical factors. Organic farming is both challenging and exciting, as its practice of "feeding the soil, not the plant" provides opportunity to better understand why some growing methods are preferred over others. In the simplest terms, organic growing is based on maintaining a living soil with a diverse population of micro and macro soil organisms. Organic matter (OM) is maintained in the soil through the addition of compost, animal manure, green manures and the avoidance of excess mechanization.

Organic Agriculture - A Global Perspective (Hardcover): Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, John Reganold Organic Agriculture - A Global Perspective (Hardcover)
Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, John Reganold
R3,400 Discovery Miles 34 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a growing niche market world-wide for organic produce. However there are considerable problems in expanding organic production and it is often considered a lifestyle or philosophical choice rather than an alternative source of ideas to improve farming systems. This book provides an overview of organic systems, from production through to the economic, social and political aspects. It presents a critical appraisal of the successes and limitations of organic production systems and highlights recent innovations. The book concludes by looking at the future challenges facing the organic agriculture industry.

Tomorrow's Table - Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Pamela C. Ronald,... Tomorrow's Table - Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Pamela C. Ronald, Raoul W. Adamchak
R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture-genetic engineering and organic farming-is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. Readers see the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. The book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, and for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The first edition was published in hardcover in 2008 and in paperback in 2009. This second edition reflects the many and varied changes the fields of farming and genetic engineering have seen since 2009. It includes a new preface and three new chapters-one on politics and food-related protests such as the Marin county anti-vaccine movement and the subsequent outbreak of whooping cough, one on farming and food security, and one containing various recipes. Existing chapters on the tools of genetic engineering, organic vs. conventional foods, the tools of organic agriculture, and food labeling and legislature have all been updated.

Natural Farming - A Practical Guide (Paperback): Pat Coleby Natural Farming - A Practical Guide (Paperback)
Pat Coleby
R537 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Natural Farming carries a simple but widely overlooked message- healthy soil makes healthy plants, which in turn make healthy animals and healthy people. The book explores the consequences in the soil of applications of superphosphate and other artificial fertilisers over decades, and explains soil chemistry in terms that every farmer can understand. It describes the exact role of each mineral and vitamin, both in the soil and in the body. And it explains how to prevent expensive disease outbreaks and minimise the use of costly artificial sprays and fertilisers. The prescriptions are simple and can be applied to any farming enterprise market gardens, orchards, broadacre crops and pasture to restore the natural balance and fertility of the land, improve soil health, and increase productivity. The book is enlivened with accounts of spectacular successes in regenerating degraded land and curing animals that, in many cases, had been given up for dead. Natural Farming is an essential handbook for any farmer, with detailed information on- understanding a soil analysis establishment and management of pasture treatment of compacted soil and erosion alternatives to artificial fertilisers, herbicides, and pesticides the significance of weeds strategies for drought diagnosis of diseases and deficiencies in stock remedies for common diseases, including Johne's disease and immune-system disorders rearing orphan animals. Natural Farming equips the farmer to get the best from the land using environmentally sustainable methods which save time, expense, and worry and to supply the rising global demand for pure food.

The Bio-Integrated Farm - A Revolutionary Permaculture-Based System Using Greenhouses, Ponds, Compost Piles, Aquaponics,... The Bio-Integrated Farm - A Revolutionary Permaculture-Based System Using Greenhouses, Ponds, Compost Piles, Aquaponics, Chickens, and More (Paperback)
Shawn Jadrnicek, Stephanie Jadrnicek
R947 R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Save R143 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature's resources. This groundbreaking book brings "system farming" and permaculture to a whole new level. Author Shawn Jadrnicek presents new insights into permaculture, moving beyond the philosophical foundation to practical advanced designs based on a functional analysis. Holding his designs to a higher standard, Jadrnicek's components serve at least seven functions (classical permaculture theory only seeks at least two functions). With every additional function a component performs, the design becomes more advanced and saves more energy. A bio-integrated greenhouse, for example, doesn't just extend the season for growing vegetables; it also serves as a rainwater collector, a pond site, an aquaponics system, and a heat generator. Jadrnicek's prevalent theme is using water to do the work. Although applicable in many climates, his designs are particularly important for areas coping with water scarcity. Jadrnicek focuses on his experience as farm manager at the Clemson University Student Organic Farm and at his residence in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. These locations lie at the cooler northern edge of a humid subtropical climate that extends west to the middle of Texas and north along the coast to New Jersey. He has created permaculture patterns ranging from raising transplants and field design to freshwater prawn production and composting. These patterns have simplified the operation of the 125-share CSA farm while reducing reliance on outside resources. In less time than it takes to mow his two-acre homestead, Jadrnicek is building a you-pick fruit farm using permaculture patterns. His landscape requires only the labor of harvesting, and the only outside input he buys is a small amount of chicken feed. By carefully engaging the free forces of nature-water, wind, sunlight, convection, gravity, and decomposition-Jadrnicek creates sustenance without maintenance and transforms waste into valuable farm resources. The Bio-Integrated Farm offers in-depth information about designing and building a wide range of bio-integrated projects including reflecting ponds, water-storage ponds, multipurpose basins, greenhouses, compost heat extraction, pastured chicken systems, aquaculture, hydroponics, hydronic heating, water filtration and aeration, cover cropping, and innovative rainwater-harvesting systems that supply water for drip irrigation and flushing toilets.

No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture - Pesticide-Free Methods for Restoring Soil and Growing Nutrient-Rich, High-Yielding Crops... No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture - Pesticide-Free Methods for Restoring Soil and Growing Nutrient-Rich, High-Yielding Crops (Paperback)
Bryan O'hara
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A unique system for growing that vegetables delivers higher yields, higher quality, and higher profitability - completely free of herbicides or pesticides Whether you're a high-yield producer, market gardener, No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture is the go-to vegetable grower's manual for the twenty-first century. In recent years, 'no-till farming' has grown in popularity due to its high-quality, high-yield, high-profit results. Over many years, renowned organic grower Bryan O'Hara has perfected a special no-till technique that delivers vibrant, healthy, resilient plants which benefit from the inherent biological functions in the soil. In No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture, O'Hara describes the methods he has developed, which are completely free of herbicides or other pesticides. He asserts that a flexible, ecological methodology is as important for soil fertility as it is for his economic success. This comprehensive manual delves into all facets of a dynamic growing system, including: No-till bed preparation techniques Seeding and transplanting methods Irrigation Use of fertilisers (including foliar feeds) Composting (preparation and application) Culture of indigenous microorganisms to support soil biology Pest and disease management Year-round growing Harvest and storage techniques

Global Development of Organic Agriculture - Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover): Niels Halberg, Hugo Alroe, Marie Knudsen,... Global Development of Organic Agriculture - Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover)
Niels Halberg, Hugo Alroe, Marie Knudsen, Erik Kristensen
R2,758 Discovery Miles 27 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Modern agriculture and food systems, including organic agriculture, are undergoing a technological and structural modernization and are faced with a growing globalization. Organic agriculture (OA) can be seen as pioneering efforts to create sustainable development based on other principles than mainstream agriculture. There are however large differences between the challenges connected to, on one hand, modern farming and consumption in high-income countries and, on the other, smallholder farmers and resource poor consumers in low-income countries. The point of departure is the increasing globalization and the production and trade of food and fodder and how this influences the role of OA. This book provides an overview of the potential role and challenges of organic agriculture in this global perspective, as seen from different perspectives such as sustainability, food security and fair trade.

Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture (Hardcover): Mette Vaarst, Stephen Roderick, Vonne Lund, William Lockeretz,... Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture (Hardcover)
Mette Vaarst, Stephen Roderick, Vonne Lund, William Lockeretz, Ewald Weber
R3,265 Discovery Miles 32 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rapid growth of organic farming has been amongst the most remarkable changes in global agriculture in recent decades. Initially, more attention was paid to the crop side of organic systems, but that has now changed and there is greater recognition of the need to understand animal health and welfare better.This book will further the understanding of organic animal husbandry, demonstrating practical solutions and innovative methods, and drawing mainly on research and practical experience with organic farming in Europe.

Safety and Practice for Organic Food (Paperback): Debabrata Biswas, Shirley A. Micallef Safety and Practice for Organic Food (Paperback)
Debabrata Biswas, Shirley A. Micallef
R4,382 Discovery Miles 43 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Safety and Practice for Organic Food covers current food safety issues and trends. It provides detailed information on all organic and pasture practices including produce-only, farm-animal-only or integrated crop-livestock farming, as well as the impact of these practices on food safety and foodborne infections. The book explores food products that organic, integrated and traditional farming systems are contributing to consumers. As the demand for organic food products grows faster than ever, this book discusses current and improved practices for safer products. Moreover, the book explores progressive directions, such as the application of next-generation sequencing and genomics to aid in the understanding of the microbial ecology of the agro-environment and how farmer education can contribute to sustainable and safe food. Safety and Practice for Organic Food is a unique source of organic agricultural practices and food production for researchers, academics and professionals at agriculture-based universities and colleges who are involved in food science, animal sciences including poultry science, food safety, food microbiology, plant science and agricultural extension. This book is also an excellent source of information for regulators and federal government officials (USDA, FDA, EPA) and the food processing industry.

Organic Food and Farming in China - Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives (Hardcover): Steffanie Scott, Zhenzhong Si,... Organic Food and Farming in China - Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives (Hardcover)
Steffanie Scott, Zhenzhong Si, Theresa Schumilas, Aijuan Chen
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Despite reports of food safety and quality scandals, China has a rapidly expanding organic agriculture and food sector, and there is a revolution in ecological food and ethical eating in China's cities. This book shows how a set of social, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions have converged to shape the development of a "formal" organic sector, created by "top-down" state-developed standards and regulations, and an "informal" organic sector, created by 'bottom-up' grassroots struggles for safe, healthy, and sustainable food. This is generating a new civil movement focused on ecological agriculture and quality food. Organic movements and markets have typically emerged in industrialized food systems that are characterized by private land ownership, declining small farm sectors, consolidated farm to retail chains, predominance of supermarket retail, standards and laws to safeguard food safety, and an active civil society sector. The authors contrast this with the Chinese context, with its unique version of "capitalism with social characteristics," collective farmland ownership, and predominance of smallholder agriculture and emerging diverse marketing channels. China's experience also reflects a commitment to domestic food security, evolving food safety legislation, and a civil society with limited autonomy from a semi-authoritarian state that keeps shifting the terrain of what is permitted. The book will be of great interest to advanced students and researchers of agricultural and food systems and policy, as well as rural sociology and Chinese studies.

Cosmos, Earth and Nutrition - The Biodynamic Approach to Agriculture (Paperback): Richard Thornton Smith Cosmos, Earth and Nutrition - The Biodynamic Approach to Agriculture (Paperback)
Richard Thornton Smith
R473 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in organic and biodynamic produce. Although once marginal and 'alternative', escalating concerns about the environment, health, food quality and animal welfare have brought organics into mainstream consciousness. Biodynamics, a unique development of the organic approach, does not narrowly focus on agricultural techniques. It was conceived as a new way of thinking about farming, nutrition and the world of nature, allowing for a revitalized relationship with the living soil, the elemental world and the cosmos. Originating from a series of eight lectures given by Dr Rudolf Steiner in 1924, biodynamics broadens the outlook of agriculture and the science behind it, leading to a holistic perspective that incorporates astronomical rhythms and unique preparations for plants and earth. The author describes the foundations on which not only biodynamics but also the wider organic movement is based. He builds bridges between mainstream science and Steiner's insights, making it easier for the wider organic and ecological movement to approach biodynamic concepts and practise. This book has much to offer to the beginner as well as to those already involved with biodynamics. Its broad range of topics - including the ecology of the farm organism, food quality and nutrition, community supported agriculture, planetary influences, seed quality, and the vitality of water - contribute to a deeper understanding of the subject. The author is also concerned to promote innovation so that biodynamics moves with the times. An appendix includes details for contacting various elements of the biodynamic world.

All My Goat Shit - Farm Management Log Book 4-H and FFA Projects Beef Calving Book Breeder Owner Goat Index Business... All My Goat Shit - Farm Management Log Book 4-H and FFA Projects Beef Calving Book Breeder Owner Goat Index Business Accountability Raising Dairy Goats (Paperback)
Patricia Larson
R510 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Soil and Health (Paperback): Albert Howard The Soil and Health (Paperback)
Albert Howard
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sustainable System of Farming for Modern Agriculture (Hardcover): R.D. Gupta Sustainable System of Farming for Modern Agriculture (Hardcover)
R.D. Gupta
R5,312 Discovery Miles 53 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Agricultural Testament (Paperback): Albert Howard An Agricultural Testament (Paperback)
Albert Howard
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Farmers of Forty Centuries (Paperback): F. H. King Farmers of Forty Centuries (Paperback)
F. H. King
R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Birth of a New Agriculture - Koberwitz 1924 and the Introduction of Biodynamics (Paperback): Adalbert Graf Von Keyserlingk The Birth of a New Agriculture - Koberwitz 1924 and the Introduction of Biodynamics (Paperback)
Adalbert Graf Von Keyserlingk; Translated by John M Wood
R455 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R44 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1924 at Koberwitz, the estate of Count and Countess Keyserlingk, Rudolf Steiner gave a key course of lectures on agriculture. At a time when industrial methods were being introduced into farming, Steiner had a radically different, evolutionary, vision. Based on a revitalized relationship with nature, his approach encompassed knowledge of the cosmos, the elemental world and the earth, and utilized special planting methods and preparations. Today his biodynamic agriculture is widely valued and used around the world. In addition to the lively and entertaining accounts of the agriculture course held at Koberwitz, this extraordinary book features Countess Keyserlingk's memories of her meetings with Rudolf Steiner. Steiner told the Countess that she had a consciousness which would be usual 'in the third millennium', and her reminiscences reflect this uncommon quality! Also included are essays by the editor which incorporate rare material such as the communications received by Countess Keyserlingk after Steiner's death. This book will be of interest to students of biodynamics as well as those interested in how Rudolf Steiner worked to develop anthroposophy. It is compiled and edited by Adalbert Graf von Keyserlingk, the son of the Count and Countess who hosted the Koberwitz conference.

Along Came a Llama (Hardcover, Main): Ruth Janette Ruck Along Came a Llama (Hardcover, Main)
Ruth Janette Ruck; Introduction by John Lewis-Stempel
R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH* My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever. Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire. Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. Locking victims in the lavatory. Things llamas dislike: Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb. Invitations to star on Blue Peter. Snowdonia's rainfall. The dark. Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected . Reissued with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, Along Came a Llama is a delightful 1970s farming classic: a charming, witty potrait of country life that will warm the hearts of animal lovers everywhere. 'Full of soul ... One departs this book a convinced llama-lover ... It is a guide to the future. To a good life.' John Lewis-Stempel

Vintage Journal Peasant Woman with Grapes, Nepenthe, California (Paperback): Found Image Press Vintage Journal Peasant Woman with Grapes, Nepenthe, California (Paperback)
Found Image Press
R244 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R46 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Organic Food Systems - Meeting the Needs of Southern Africa (Hardcover): Raymond Auerbach Organic Food Systems - Meeting the Needs of Southern Africa (Hardcover)
Raymond Auerbach; Contributions by Albert Ackhurst, Jane Battersby, Anastasia Caude, Stephen Devereux, …
R2,990 Discovery Miles 29 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Organic agriculture world-wide allows farmers to produce healthy food with low levels of external inputs, and often shortens the value chains, giving farmers a higher share of the consumer dollar. This book reports on long-term comparative organic farming systems research trials carried out over the last four years in South Africa's Southern Cape, as well as research on the organic sector and the technical tools it requires in South Africa, Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. The trials show how the yield gap between organic and conventional crops was closed over 3 years. Water use efficiency was also greater in the organic farming system, and pests and diseases were effectively controlled using biological products. Farmer training approaches, soil carbon analysis, participatory guarantee systems, the Zambian organic farming sector (agronomy) and Ugandan organic farmer training support, and a sector plan for southern African organic farming are examined.

Practical No-Till Farming - A Quick and Dirty Guide to Organic Vegetable and Flower Growing (Paperback): Andrew Mefferd Practical No-Till Farming - A Quick and Dirty Guide to Organic Vegetable and Flower Growing (Paperback)
Andrew Mefferd
R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Do less, produce more, and grow soil that feeds crops using chemical-free, organic no-till methods Andrew Mefferd, veteran farmer, author of The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, and editor of Growing for Market magazine, brings you the ultimate guide to getting started with no-till farming. Yet there are many ways to do no-till, including mulching with compost, cardboard, straw, silage tarps, and more. Plus plenty of conflicting advice on how to get started. Practical No-Till Farming is here to help, sorting the wheat from the chaff and the horse manure from the plastic mulch. Coverage includes: How to assess your farm for no-till options considering climate, soil, and crop selection Assessment of common no-till methods, including pros and cons, materials, and the relative costs A decision-making matrix for choosing the most appropriate methods for your context How-to for each no-till method, including what to do and when Dealing with bindweed, symphylans, and other difficult weeds and pests Maximizing productivity of no-till beds Special coverage of both organic vegetable and flower no-till market farming Ideal for small-scale growers everywhere, Andrew Mefferd, veteran farmer, author of The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, and editor of Growing for Market magazine, brings you the ultimate guide to getting started with no-till farming.

Handbook of Smoking & Health (Hardcover, New): Handbook of Smoking & Health (Hardcover, New)
R8,154 R6,761 Discovery Miles 67 610 Save R1,393 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Organic farming is a form of agriculture relying on such processes like crop rotation, green manure and biological pest control. Organic farming is gaining world-wide acceptance and has been expanding at an annual rate of 20 per cent in the last decade, accounting for over 24 million hectares world-wide. This book discusses the agricultural practices in organic farming which cause changes in soil organic matter and microbial biomass content. This book also explains the concept of scientific paradigms and draws parallels with paradigms in agriculture, and in particular focuses upon organic farming and genetic engineering. An overview of the evolution of global market demand for organic meat and factors affecting it are also described. Future prospects for development of organic meat consumption and possible problems concerning trade are analysed as well.

Organic Farming - An International History (Hardcover, New): William Lockeretz Organic Farming - An International History (Hardcover, New)
William Lockeretz; Contributions by Jessica Aschemann; Edited by William Lockeretz; Contributions by Thomas Cierpka, Gunter Vogt, …
R3,257 Discovery Miles 32 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Beginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s, organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy, marketing, and research. No longer dismissed as unscientific and counterproductive, organic techniques are now taken seriously by farmers, consumers, scientists, food processors, marketers, and regulatory agencies in much of the world. Organic farming is both dynamic and forward-looking but is also rooted in tradition. It is these traditions that can provide valuable starting points in debates over how organic farming should meet new challenges such as globalization, the emergence of new production techniques, and growing concern over equity and social justice in agriculture. Complementing general discussions with case histories of important organic institutions in various countries, this comprehensive discussion is the first to explore the development of organic agriculture. This title is now also available in paperback.

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