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by Peter Doe  Publisher Comments This book explains the current and traditional fish smoking and drying practices in terms of the basic underlying principles of biochemistry and food technology. Readers will soon become aware of the discrepancies between the basic scientific knowledge... (read more)  List Price $99.95 Your price $65.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Erik Marcus Publisher Comments Meat Market elevates the debate over animal agriculture. Erik Marcus exposes and clears away the exaggerated claims and counterclaims put forth by the meat industry and its opponents. In the process, Marcus presents a thorough examination of animal... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Seiei Tohyama Synopsis This is the inspiring story of two Japanese scientists who set out to transform the world's deserts into farms and forests. Their tale begins with a visit to China's loess desert in 1935 and continues through the present day, taking us to the seaside... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $5.48 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Imhoff Publisher Comments "Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature" addresses an urgent and complex issue facing communities and cultures throughout the world: the need for heightened land stewardship and conservation in an era of diminishing natural resources. Agricultural lands in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Harmon Book News Annotation A charming book--because llamas are that--with abundant advice for the beginner on history, gaits, care and feeding, training, packing. (It is still advisable to make a trip or two with an experienced handler.) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland,... (read more) Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter H Lindert Publisher Comments Peter Lindert evaluates environmental concerns about soil degradation in two very large countries--China and Indonesia--where anecdotal evidence has suggested serious problems.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $26.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Board On Science & T Publisher Comments This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Louise Riotte Publisher Comments When we learn the laws of nature -- what to do and when to do it -- we have the proper tools for strengthening both ourselves and our stock and curing or preventing many ills. -- Louise Riotte<P>Louise Riotte has taught thousands of gardeners how... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Quinney Publisher Comments The farm has belonged to Richard Quinney’s family for generations, since first being settled by his great-grandparents fleeing the potato famine in Ireland, and it is the place of his birth and early years. When the house... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Harpal Mavi Book News Annotation Intended to serve the broad interest of those interested in the application of meteorology to agriculture, this work contains 11 contributions profiling broad areas of agrometeorology. Among the individual topics addressed are the role of solar... (read more) Your price $65.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Kurt Engelmann Publisher Comments The ties that bind Central Asia to the Middle East have strengthened dramatically in recent years, as political emancipation from Soviet rule has spurred the restoration of material culture shared by Turkic and Iranian peoples. Political institutions and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $7.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Hassler Publisher Comments When photographer Gary Harwood first stepped onto the K. W. Zellers family farm in Hartville, Ohio, to take pictures of the Mexican migrant workers there, he did not expect to find such a strong, tightly knit community. Over the next five years he used... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jerold W. Apps Publisher Comments 10 x 7, approx. 50 b&w photos Life during the early to mid part of the 20th century is often viewed as a time of backbreaking work for meager returns. Often, the strength and resiliency of family and neighbors is overlooked. Through stories based on... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Brian Rukes Publisher Comments The 1923 Model D represented a watershed for Deere & Company insomuch as it was the implement-maker's first foray into tractor production after purchasing the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. Ideal for those seeking authentic restorations... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jane Brox Publisher Comments "A moving, graceful elegy for the American farm." --Larry Zuckerman, author of The Potato <BR>"Nonfiction literature of a high and lasting order . . . "Clearing Land," [Brox's] third book, parlays the resonantly detailed specifics of life on her... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher D Cook Publisher Comments If we are what we eat, then, as Christopher D. Cook contends in this powerful look at the food industry, we are not in good shape. The facts speak for themselves: more than 75 million Americans suffered from food poisoning last year, and 5,000 of them... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Hans Halberstadt Publisher Comments Since the earliest settlers, farming has been an integral part of American culture and society. Far from a vestige of the past, the family farm remains both a cherished and a vital staple of life in nearly every corner of the country. This stroll down... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger L Welsch Publisher Comments Knee-slapping fun for everyone! Well-known humorist and columnist Roger Welsch recalls with wit the missteps, mishaps, and local characters he encountered along the way to fixing up a pile of rusty sheet metal to a beautifully restored Allis Chalmers WC... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael J Myers Publisher Comments This work offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of cytokine biology in veterinary and agricultural species, describing the role of cytokines in physiological and pathological processes. It addresses recent advances and new information on the function... (read more) List Price $185.00 Your price $38.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas G Field Publisher Comments The most comprehensive beef cattle book available today, "Beef Production and Management Decisions" is written to allow readers to understand the structural, regional, economic, and management changes and issues confronting the current beef industry... (read more) List Price $101.00 Your price $59.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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