Primärindustri

It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost? 'Fans of Prime TV series Clarkson's Farm will enjoy this companion' IRISH TIMES ---- Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. So, that went well . . . Th...

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Under några år hade en idé börjat ta form. En idé som förenade mitt yrke som fotograf med platsen där jag tillbringat alla mina somrar. Det skulle bli en fotobok om ön Stora Risten. Där bodde personer som året runt arbetade och levde det motsatta ...

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När den bayerska lagerölen kom till Sverige vid mitten av 1800-talet blev den snabbt populär. Svenskarnas efterfrågan på öl växte i takt med industrialiseringen. Små bayerska bryggerier etablerades över hela landet - och snart hårdnade konkurrense...

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'How to Feed the World had a lot to teach me - and I'm sure it will teach you a lot, too. It challenges readers to think differently about a problem we thought we understood' Bill Gates 'Concise and erudite . . . How to Feed the World is weighted ...

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The first edition of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock helped thousands of small-scale farmers and smallholders adopt a practical model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl based on natural systems. In this expanded and thoroughly revised...

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'Terrific ? His love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings' Telegraph 'Christ, could Bourdain weave words ... The guy wrote like a poet' Guardian A celebration of the life and legacy of one of the most important food writers of all...

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This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological...

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This is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest genetically engineered seed enterprise. Monsanto merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018 but its Roundup Ready seeds, introduced tw...

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Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropri...

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In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldvie...

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Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru provides an extraordinary glimpse into the remote and difficult-to-access island of Nauru, exploring the realities of Nauru's offshore asylum arrangement and its impact on islanders, workforces, and m...

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Beyond the Root Cellar is the inspiring guide that proves that - with a little ingenuity - the savvy grower can successfully select, harvest, store and sell vegetables all year round, providing their family and community the local food they need d...

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The seven-month national mining lock-out of 1926 was one of the most important industrial disputes of the twentieth century. This work contributes to the social and political history of the industrial working class in 1926, drawing on fresh method...

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Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. 'The Looting Machine' is a searing exposé of t...

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Interrogates the narratives of "land grabbing" and "agricultural investment" through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy. Africa has been at...

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This book is published in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Swedish National Forest Inventory, celebrated in 2023. It is an abbreviated version of the original Swedish publication. Initially, the prehistory, establishment, and developme...

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Laws of the Sea assembles scholars from law, geography, anthropology, and environmental humanities to consider the possibilities of a critical ocean approach in legal studies. Unlike the United Nations' monumental Convention on the Law of the Sea,...

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Boken ges ut i samband med Riksskogstaxeringens 100-års jubileum 2023 och behandlar inledningsvis taxeringens förhistoria, tillkomst och utveckling. Utifrån insamlade data beskrivs därefter den svenska skogens tillstånd och förändring under ett se...

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The Sunday Times bestseller that explains the new science behind weight loss and how we can get in shape without counting calories. 'A compelling look at the science of appetite and metabolism' Vogue 'This book tells us the truth about weight loss...

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Eat more fish, the¿doctors say. But is the salmon you are consuming really healthy?¿ ¿ In the early 1970s, a group of scientists researched how to make more food for the growing population of the world. They looked to the sea. They sampled genes f...

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Bygden laddades med många metaller och människorna tog väl tillvara på dem med hjälp av alla vattendragen och tillgången till mycket skog. Läs hur ett litet område i vårt land var med och påverkade landets utveckling under långa perioder. Hur kopp...

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The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of The...

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Explores the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. This work describes the efforts by the Humane ...

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Edward ""Ed"" Schieffelin (1847-1897) was the epitome of the American frontiersman. A former Indian scout, he discovered what would become known as the legendary Tombstone, Arizona, silver lode in 1877. His search for wealth followed a path well-t...

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The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping. Using new data sources and drawing on discussions with Soviet shipping managers, the book provides a valuable insight into the workings of...

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The first comprehensive work on one of the most important underground mining methods worldwide, Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping presents topics according to the conventional sublevel stoping process used by most mining houses, in whi...

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