Agriculture & Farming

A comprehensive hands-on guide for builders - both self-builders and professionals - and an essential handbook for designers that includes many construction details.
* Step-by-step instructions for many processes
* Over 600 photos, drawings and diagrams
* Materials, tools and building techniques
* Plans for a practice straw bale building

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

If you, like millions of others, want no part in adding more plastics, microplastics and other wastes and pollutants into our water, soils and food, then this book is for you. Towards Zero Waste offers clear guidance for anyone wanting to be a part of positive change in the world.

A guide to beekeeping - from finding bees to getting them home, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce. It includes a look at the history of bees and beekeeping, and an introduction to help understand bees and keep them happy.

Many people feel that the impact of technology and the pressure of the market economy on alpine communities leads to a loss of biodiversity, authenticity and cultural diversity, affecting animal husbandry, local food production, social networks and traditions.

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy, or eggs. Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals brought widespread attention to the disturbing realities ...

Authored by a renowned animal scientist with a peerless reputation in organic livestock nutrition, A Practical Guide to the Feeding of Organic Farm Animals aims to translate the science of feeding organic livestock and distil it into practical guidance for farmers and producers.

The agri-food and rural development world has experienced significant changes in recent years. The evolution towards globalized and highly complex food supply systems has been accompanied by growing competition, reduced state subsidies as well as concerns about quality, output and the environment. ...

ReWild is about learning how to observe, connect and discover nature for yourself. This book will show you how to reconnect with your inner beast by immersing yourself in a world where the wild things are.

For fans of James Herriot, a poignant memoir-and #1 Irish bestseller-about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world

Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, ...

The air rifle is an effective weapon for the control of rabbits and vermin. This book covers many topics on this subject.

Topics covered include:

selecting the right breeds

housing, grass runs and ponds

feeding, breeding, hatching and rearing

health and hygiene

showing and exhibiting

ornamental waterfowl

Entertaining, informative, and packed with unusual facts. Illustrated in color throughout.

Examines forty popular breeds of chickens and bantams. This book describes special management and selective breeding requirements needed for certain breeds, even if they are not going to be entered into shows.

Turkeys were once viewed with some suspicion, being perceived as rather unpredictable, particularly when the stag birds display. However, this perception has changed over the years, as turkeys have become increasingly common at agricultural shows and have proved themselves as friendly creatures, enjoying the company of adults and children alike.

Bees are an essential part of our natural world and their importance in pollinating our food crops cannot be overstated. This title introduces newcomers to the fascinating and rewarding craft of beekeeping and honey production and sets out in simple terms the needs of this complex creature.

Reproductive biology of farm animals is a critical discipline because it addresses the pressing global need for a safe, plentiful, reliable, and affordable supply of meat, milk and fibre. Faced with the need to produce more food for a growing human population while at the same time conserving resources ...

David Brown, a retired Essex pig-farmer, gives friendly expert advice that will inform and entertain the virgin pig keeper on every aspect of their new hobby.

Building on the first edition and its predecessor, 'The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals,' Forbes has produced an up-to-date and more focused examination of developments in the understanding of voluntary food intake and new ideas and studies relating to diet selection. Chapters have been reorganized and updated.