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Our green EarthBittman, Mark
Summary: "From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultraprocessed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species-and points the way to a better future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 BITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Bittman 2021Hilborn, Elizabeth D.
Summary: "All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Marzluff, John M.
Summary: An ornithologist's personal look at farming practices that finds practical solutions for sustainable food production compatible with bird and wildlife conservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.55 MARBerardi, Gigi M.
Summary: "FoodWISE is for anyone who has felt unsure about how to make the "right" food choices. It is for food lovers who want to be more knowledgeable and connected to their food, while also creating meaningful dining experiences around the table."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu BerardiDespommier, Dickson D.
Summary: When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crisis, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 DESEstabrook, Barry.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.642 ESTBrunetti, Jerry.
Summary: Natural product formulator and farm consultant Jerry Brunetti wraps together a lifetime of learning and his uncanny observations in this fascinating volume on the interconnected dynamics in place on a farm -- the farm's geology, biology, and diversity of life forms. Learn to look at -- and manage -- your farm very differently through gaining a deeper understanding of the complementary roles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acres U.S.A. 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Flounders, Anne
Summary: In this book, you'll find out why community-supported agriculture is growing fast and how the choices you make at the grocery store can make a big difference in Earth's health as well as your own. Includes step-by-step ideas for taking action, different points of view, an up-close look at relevant careers, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Ecology FloundersEgan, Dan
Summary: "The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 EGACopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ EganMcLaughlin, Chris
Summary: "What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023