Who's minding the farm? / Patrice Newell.
By: Newell, Patrice [author.].
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TextPublisher: [Victoria?] : Viking, an imprint of Penguiin Books, 2019Description: 287 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143789390; 0143789392.Other title: In this climate emergency [Subtitle on cover:].Subject(s): Sustainable agriculture. -- School of Engineering and Technology | Organic farming. -- School of Engineering and Technology | Crops and climate. -- School of Engineering and TechnologySummary: "Who's Minding the Farm? is a call to action containing all Patrice Newell has learned in more than thirty years of hard work on her property Elmswood, near Gundy in the Hunter Valley. It is also a book of hope, showing that the old agriculture is now the new agriculture - the farming of the future. Patrice Newell has dedicated her life to understanding what it takes to create a sustainable and healthy agricultural business. Who's Minding the Farm? shows that it takes minds, muscles and conscious decisions to manage the land, to build a sustainable, organic alternative to industrialised farming. We must all work to conserve our most crucial assets: soil and water, and repaired the havoc caused by land clearing, toxic chemicals, feral plants and animals. Each one of us, in our consumption choices and how we live influences the management of the land." -- Provided by publisher.
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Kirinyaga University Library General Stacks | S494.5.S86 .N49 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | KYU/2020/7599 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
"Who's Minding the Farm? is a call to action containing all Patrice Newell has learned in more than thirty years of hard work on her property Elmswood, near Gundy in the Hunter Valley. It is also a book of hope, showing that the old agriculture is now the new agriculture - the farming of the future. Patrice Newell has dedicated her life to understanding what it takes to create a sustainable and healthy agricultural business. Who's Minding the Farm? shows that it takes minds, muscles and conscious decisions to manage the land, to build a sustainable, organic alternative to industrialised farming. We must all work to conserve our most crucial assets: soil and water, and repaired the havoc caused by land clearing, toxic chemicals, feral plants and animals. Each one of us, in our consumption choices and how we live influences the management of the land." -- Provided by publisher.