An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and...

The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is the no-till chemical-free growing roadmap, showing how no-till lowers barriers to starting a small farm, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, increases efficiency and profitability, and promotes soil health. This hands-on manual is specifically written for natural and small-scale farmers.

"The story of a little chef, and his pots and pans, as they journey through fields, towns, oceans, and factories to learn where food comes from and how it grows"--Publisher.

Envision a brighter future with this STEM-based subset of True Books.Thanks to the development of agriculture, our Earth can feed the almost 8 billion people that call it home. But the challenge facing us today is how to make the practice of large-scalefarming sustainable. We have learned how to use alternative energies - like solar and wind power - to run our farms. We have also learned how to use the land and the animals on it in a more environmentally...

With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karen Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience into its pages, featuring interviews with and answers from...

"This book chronicles how since the Neolithic era of the Stone Age, agricultural tools evolved from pointed digging sticks to electron microscopes. Weeds evolved into wheat, carrots, and more as humans selected and designed foods. People farmed sustainably since the last Ice Age with fire and fish traps, and more recently, agriculture has evolved to produce more for a growing worldwide population"--Provided by publisher.

Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.

The author of the novel Queen Sugar gathers together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today.

With “Common Sense Natural Beekeeping”, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention. Today's bees face unprecedented challenges. Chemical treatments for pests like the ubiquitous and deadly varroa mite have become standard even as resistance to such treatments grows and evidence suggests the chemical treatments themselves are contributing to the widely discussed Colony Collapse Disorder. “Common Sense Natural Beekeeping”...

Starring the Cat in the Hat, this rhymed board book about farms is perfect for babies and toddlers! This sturdy board book staring the Cat in the Hat and Thing One and Thing Two is filled with fun facts about life on the farm--from growing fruits and vegetables to raising livestock for eggs, milk, wool, and meat. Illustrated with cheerful, Seussian style artwork, it's the ideal way to show kids where our food comes from--and to introduce them to the...