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The Plains region of Canada is an area with a variety of interesting landforms. Sometimes called "Canada's breadbasket", it is known as one of the richest grain-producing regions in the world. Formed over milllions of years, the area was once below an ancient sea. Today, one can find fossils and dinosaur bones in certain areas. The First Peoples of the Plains arrived over 10,000 years ago and were nomadic hunters, who followed the great herds of bison....

Discusses alternative crops, tillage styles and systems, pest management and soil fertility in terms of improving farms while preserving the environment. Visits several farms managed as sustainable operations.

Sarah Elton walks fields and farms on three continents, not only investigating the very real threats to our food, but also telling the little-known stories of the people who are working against time to create a new and hopeful future. By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, and the challenge of feeding this population, along with climate changes, will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time,...

Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned avacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.

"Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to farming and food systems. This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in sustainable food production for all readers interested in the ecology and environmental impacts of agriculture. It...

The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

Gives supply chain partners, policymakers, researchers, students and food enthusiasts a deep understanding of how food is grown, processed, manufactured, distributed and sold to American consumers.

"Here is a completely fresh approach to all our food problems, both global and individual - and one that is entirely positive." "It really should not be difficult to feed everyone in this world to the highest standards both of nutrition and of gastronomy, and do to so forever, without being cruel to livestock, or wrecking communities and landscapes. But governments and modern commerce are getting in the way. It is they, the policy-makers, who threaten...

Discusses how urban agriculture can help revolutionize the environmentally unsustainable modern food industry, providing evidence of thriving urban farms within "food deserts" and describing the global movement towards alternative food production.