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Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland
| Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland |
| Autore | Cleveland David Arthur |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade
Agricultural industries - Environmental aspects Sustainable agriculture - Economic aspects Food supply |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
agrifood system breeders cooking country life engaging environmental impact farm life farms and farmers food and ag food lovers food studies food writing food gastronomy global agrifood interdisciplinary primer natural settings politics rural scientific agriculture sociocultural roots technology engineering thorough analysis traditional agriculture |
| ISBN |
0-520-27742-2
0-520-95708-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Personal History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth -- 2. Agricultural Revolutions -- 3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems -- 4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases -- 5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology -- 6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity -- 7. Managing People: The Common Property Option -- 8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet -- 9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols -- Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790823603321 |
Cleveland David Arthur
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| Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland
| Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland |
| Autore | Cleveland David Arthur |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade
Agricultural industries - Environmental aspects Sustainable agriculture - Economic aspects Food supply |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
agrifood system breeders cooking country life engaging environmental impact farm life farms and farmers food and ag food lovers food studies food writing food gastronomy global agrifood interdisciplinary primer natural settings politics rural scientific agriculture sociocultural roots technology engineering thorough analysis traditional agriculture |
| ISBN |
0-520-27742-2
0-520-95708-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Personal History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth -- 2. Agricultural Revolutions -- 3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems -- 4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases -- 5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology -- 6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity -- 7. Managing People: The Common Property Option -- 8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet -- 9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols -- Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828346703321 |
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Cleveland David Arthur
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| Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Breaking through concrete [[electronic resource] ] : building an urban farm revival / / David Hanson and Edwin Marty ; photographs by Michael Hanson ; foreword by Mark Winne
| Breaking through concrete [[electronic resource] ] : building an urban farm revival / / David Hanson and Edwin Marty ; photographs by Michael Hanson ; foreword by Mark Winne |
| Autore | Hanson David <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630.91732 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MartyEdwin <1972->
HansonMichael <1981-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban agriculture - United States
Community gardens - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agricultural renaissance
american agriculture american farming becoming a gardener city farmers city grown food city life community gardening crowded cities farm life farming and gardening food and environment food and sustainability food lovers food future of food gardening books gardening diy gardening in city gardens green thumb homesteading living green sustainability sustainable agriculture sustainable gardening urban agriculture urban farming urban gardening urban planting |
| ISBN |
1-280-09584-9
9786613520487 0-520-94971-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- P-Patch Community Garden Program SEATTLE, WASHINGTON • The Neighborhood Garden -- HOW TO: Change Your City's Urban Agriculture Zoning Codes -- Homeless Garden Project SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA • The Farm as Therapy -- HOW TO: Grow Good, Safe Food -- Fairview Gardens and the Center for Urban Agriculture SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA • The Historic Farm -- HOW TO: Plant Perennial Fruit Trees in the City -- Denver Urban Gardens DENVER, COLORADO • The Garden as Community -- HOW TO: Turn Your Waste into Black Gold -- Juniper Gardens and Cultivate Kansas City KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND MISSOURI • The Farm for Profit -- HOW TO: Access Start-Up Capital for Urban Food Projects -- Versailles Community NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA • Backyards of Bounty -- HOW TO: Develop a Congregational Urban Farm -- Jones Valley Urban Farm BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA • The Education and Production Farm -- HOW TO: Engage the Community with Education Programs -- Greensgrow Farms and the Philadelphia Project PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA • The Nonprofit, For-Profit Farm -- HOW TO: Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils -- Eagle Street Rooftop Farm BROOKLYN, NEW YORK • The Rooftop Farm -- HOW TO: Convert Rooftops to Residential Gardens and Urban Farms -- Catherine Ferguson Academy DETROIT, MICHIGAN • The Alternative Curriculum Farm -- HOW TO: Raise Urban Livestock -- Wood Street Urban Farm and Growing Home CHICAGO, ILLINOIS • The Job Training Farm -- HOW TO: Extend the Growing Season with Hoop Houses and Greenhouses -- Sandhill Organics and Prairie Crossing GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS • The Peri-urban Farm -- HOW TO: Start an Urban Farm -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Recommended Reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789978003321 |
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Hanson David <1978->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Labor and the locavore : the making of a comprehensive food ethic / / Margaret Gray
| Labor and the locavore : the making of a comprehensive food ethic / / Margaret Gray |
| Autore | Gray Margaret <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina | 331.2/97473 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural laborers - Abuse of - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Agricultural laborers - Employment - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Labor policy - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agrarian values
agriculture cooking culinary culture environmental protection ethnic shift farm life farmers and farming farmers farms and farmers food and ag food studies food sustainability food systems food writing hidden workforce historical development historical roots human trafficking labor industrial relations labor latino workers local food local political ecology small farms social justice sustainable agriculture sustainable food sustenance workers working class working conditions |
| ISBN |
0-520-27669-8
0-520-95706-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Is Local Food an Ethical Alternative? -- 1. Agrarianism and Hudson Valley Agriculture -- 2. The Workers: Labor Conditions, Paternalism, and Immigrant Stories -- 3. The Farmers: Challenges of the Small Business -- 4. Sustainable Jobs? Ethnic Succession and the New Latinos -- 5. Toward a Comprehensive Food Ethic -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790539603321 |
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Gray Margaret <1968->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
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Playing the farmer [[electronic resource] ] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / / Philip Thibodeau
| Playing the farmer [[electronic resource] ] : representations of rural life in Vergil's Georgics / / Philip Thibodeau |
| Autore | Thibodeau Philip (Philip J.), <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina | 871/.01 |
| Collana | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture in literature
Didactic poetry, Latin - History and criticism Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism Allusions |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aeneid
ancient and classic poetry ancient orators ancient roman poets ancient rome literature ancient rome poems bucolic stories classical poems discussion books epic poems epic poetry epics and sagas epics european literature farm life high school english class homer illiad imperial rome latin poems latin translations literary classics literary criticism literary literature majors literature professors odyssey poets roman agronomists roman orators roman philosophers roman poets |
| ISBN |
1-283-27848-0
9786613278487 0-520-95025-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Agricolae -- Playing the farmer -- Nobility in rustication -- A protreptic to agronomy -- To enchant readers -- The reception of the Georgics in early Imperial Rome -- Appendix 1. Vergil's economic status -- Appendix 2. Early readership of The georgics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781220803321 |
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Thibodeau Philip (Philip J.), <1970->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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