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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests.
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"In the late 1970s, grain prices had tanked, farm auction notices filled newspapers, and people had forgotten that food didn't grow in grocery stores. So, on February 5, 1979, thousands of tractors from all parts of the US flooded Washington, DC, in protest. Author Lindsay H. Metcalf, a journalist who grew up on a family farm, shares this rarely told story of grassroots perseverance and economic justice. In 1979, US farmers traveled to Washington,...
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English
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Fueled by a failing economy and a passionate desire for a return to simpler times, a new wave of homesteaders is seeking the good life and the kind of true satisfaction that can only be built, not bought. Many of these modern pioneers are cash poor, but rich in energy and creativity. Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions offers them a set of fresh ideas for achieving independence through sweat equity and the use of...
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English
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Josh Volk, the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm with 20 years experience of managing small farms in the United States presents detailed farm layouts for productivity and efficiency for small farms on 5 acres or less.
When it comes to farming, it turns out that small isn't only beautiful - small is also sustainable, manageable, and productive. Come along on a tour of 15 successful farms, from urban rooftops to rural retreats, all flourishing on five...
7) Farm
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
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Text and photographs depict different aspects of farming through the ages including the equipment, domestic animals, crops, and the future of farming.
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English
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"Permaculture expert and popular YouTube Homesteader Justin Rhodes shares the skills and the delights of becoming a part of your own food story in this inspiring and accessible and beautiful four-color invitation to a more abundant, healthy, and connected life. Have you ever wanted to experiment with growing your own food but didn't think you had the space, the time, or the knowledge? Justin Rhodes thought the same thing-until after years battling...
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English
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"Are you really what you eat? David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé take us far beyond the well-worn adage to deliver a new truth : the roots of good health start on farms. What Your Food Ate marshals evidence from recent and forgotten science to illustrate how the health of the soil ripples through to that of crops, livestock, and ultimately us. The long-running partnerships through which crops and soil life nourish one another suffuse plant and animal...
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English
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In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact...
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English
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An inspiring vision for restoring the soil that feeds us all and turns agriculture into a solution for environmental crises.
Since the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after destroying their once fertile land. Today, few people realize how close we are to experiencing the same fate if we don't take action. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery leads us on a journey through history and around the world...
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"The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their small family farm--and their entire way of life--are under siege. Beyond the threat posed by rising corporate ownership of land and livestock,...
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Born in the Country was the first, and is still the only general history of rural America published. Ranging from pre-Columbian times to the enormous changes of the twentieth century, Born in the Country masterfully integrates agricultural, technological, and economic themes with new questions social historians have raised about the American experience, including the different experiences of whites and blacks, men and women, natives and new immigrants....
15) Farmer Cap
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After years of trying to convince their eccentric neighbor to do things the way they do, the farmers of Pfeffernut County finally see that Farmer Cap might have some good ideas, after all.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Modern farms cover vast areas of land, so when it comes time to apply fertilizer or a protective insecticide, spraying equipment is incredibly useful. In this simple, colorful text, young readers are introduced to all kinds of sprayers. They find out about the huge piece of equipment that moves on its own, pull-behind models, and the smaller piece that is pulled by an all-terrain vehicle. Spirited text and simple, fun language will keep readers turning...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
A beautiful deluxe trade paperback edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestseller, which describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain.
Since its publication in 2007, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has captivated readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation. Newly updated with original pieces from the entire...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn all about farm sprayers, including how farmers use them and how this farming technology might change and evolve in the future. This book is published in collaboration with New Holland Agriculture.
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