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'Seasoned and novice growers alike will find a mother lode of
information and wisdom packed into this gem of a book!'Â Nancy
Phillips, author of The Herbalist’s Way *Updated with new
information about herb dryers and construction, soil fertility,
growing cannabis, and more In the first edition of The Organic
Medicinal Herb Farmer, authors Jeff and Melanie Carpenter presented
a comprehensive seed-to-bottle guide for aspiring and experienced
growers alike, from basic business considerations to planting and
propagation to creating value-added products. Now they’re back
with a revised and updated edition, sharing the lessons they’ve
learned throughout their twenty-five years of operating a medicinal
herb farm that prizes quality over quantity. The Carpenters offer
their insights and tips on every aspect of herb farming, including:
Size and scale considerations Data management for profit
maximization The herbal marketplace and choosing which herbs to
grow Field and bed preparation and planting, including building
soil fertility Plant-positive weed, pest, and disease control
Harvest and post-harvest processing, including scalable dryer
construction Value-added products and marketing A new chapter on
growing cannabis And much more! The Carpenters make the case that
growing organic medicinal herbs is not only viable and profitable,
but also an important step for improving the ecological health of
farmland, taking pressure off of wild medicinal plant populations,
and increasing biodiversity. While local foodways are more often
the focus of attention, local medicine ways are equally critical
and in need of restoration. The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer is a
one-of-a-kind resource, complete with detailed profiles of 50
medicinal herbs and over 200 colour photographs. Whether you’re
looking to grow an herb farm from the ground up, incorporate
medicinal plants on an existing farm, or add tools to your belt as
a seasoned grower, you’ll find the information you need in this
volume. '[A] beautiful and informative book . . . A dirt-smudged
copy should be within easy reach of every home gardener or farmer
who grows—or wants to grow—medicinal plants.' Michael McGuffin,
President, American Herbal Products Association
Imagine what you could do if scalability wasn't a problem. With
this hands-on guide, you'll learn how the Cassandra database
management system handles hundreds of terabytes of data while
remaining highly available across multiple data centers. This third
edition-updated for Cassandra 4.0-provides the technical details
and practical examples you need to put this database to work in a
production environment. Authors Jeff Carpenter and Eben Hewitt
demonstrate the advantages of Cassandra's nonrelational design,
with special attention to data modeling. If you're a developer,
DBA, or application architect looking to solve a database scaling
issue or future-proof your application, this guide helps you
harness Cassandra's speed and flexibility. Understand Cassandra's
distributed and decentralized structure Use the Cassandra Query
Language (CQL) and cqlsh-the CQL shell Create a working data model
and compare it with an equivalent relational model Develop sample
applications using client drivers for languages including Java,
Python, and Node.js Explore cluster topology and learn how nodes
exchange data
Kubernetes has become the primary platform for deploying and
managing cloud native applications. But because it was originally
designed for stateless workloads, working with data on Kubernetes
has been challenging. If you want to avoid the inefficiencies and
duplicative costs of having separate infrastructure for
applications and data, this practical guide can help. Using
Kubernetes as your platform, you'll discover open source
technologies that are designed and built for the cloud. Delve into
case studies to avoid the pitfalls others have faced and explore
new use cases. Get an insider's view of what's coming from the
innovators who are creating next-generation architectures and
infrastructure. And you'll learn how to: Manage different data use
cases on Kubernetes Reduce costs and simplify application
development Leverage data and infrastructure to create new use
cases and business models Make data infrastructure choices that are
cost-efficient, secure, scalable, and elastic And more
Imagine what you could do if scalability wasn't a problem. With
this hands-on guide, you'll learn how the Cassandra database
management system handles hundreds of terabytes of data while
remaining highly available across multiple data centers. This
revised third edition--updated for Cassandra 4.0 and new
developments in the Cassandra ecosystem, including deployments in
Kubernetes with K8ssandra--provides technical details and practical
examples to help you put this database to work in a production
environment. Authors Jeff Carpenter and Eben Hewitt demonstrate the
advantages of Cassandra's nonrelational design, with special
attention to data modeling. Developers, DBAs, and application
architects looking to solve a database scaling issue or
future-proof an application will learn how to harness Cassandra's
speed and flexibility. Understand Cassandra's distributed and
decentralized structure Use the Cassandra Query Language (CQL) and
cqlsh (the CQL shell) Create a working data model and compare it
with an equivalent relational model Design and develop applications
using client drivers Explore cluster topology and learn how nodes
exchange data Maintain a high level of performance in your cluster
Deploy Cassandra onsite, in the cloud, or with Docker and
Kubernetes Integrate Cassandra with Spark, Kafka, Elasticsearch,
Solr, and Lucene
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