Annotation. The technological revolution in farming practices has allowed us to clear and cultivate more land, grow plants and animals faster, and kill a greater variety of pests and diseases than ever before. Unfortunately, these efficiencies are proving to be unsustainable in the long term and have created problems such as soil structural decline, erosion, salinity, soil acidification, loss of fertility, nutrient loading of waterways, dams and a build up of chemical residues.
This book is about foreseeing and understanding such problems and addressing them before it is too late. John Mason examines all these problems and explains the concepts and long-term benefits of sustainable farming systems such as permaculture, biodynamics, organic farming, agroforestry, conservation tillage, and integrated hydroculture.
Sustainable Agriculture 2nd Edition also looks at important issues such as monoculture versus polyculture, the use of hybrids, selection criteria for plants and stock, integrated pest management and preparing a farm for droughts and floods. Other areas examined include diversifying into farm tourism and value adding before selling produce.
Features
* Explains the different sustainable farming systems
* Covers how to manage change to implement sustainable farming
* Provides strategies from a cross-section of countries
* Explores new areas such as farm tourism and value adding
* Investigates weed control without chemicals

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A groundbreaking history of oil and it's importance to US politics, finance, militarism and consumerism from an award-winning author and scholar
This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti-colonial rebellion; contemporary finance and US dollar hegemony; debt and militarism; and the emergence of new forms of synthetic consumption.
Much more than an energy source or transport fuel, oil has a foundational place in all aspects of contemporary life - no challenge to the fossil fuel industry can be effective without taking this fact seriously. Crude Capitalism maps the varied geographies of oil, including the rise of OPEC...
Contents 4
Acknowledgements 6
Introduction 8
1 Different things to different people 10
2 Sustainable concepts 16
3 Soils 30
4 Water management 56
5 Pest and disease control 84
6 Sustainable natural weed control and cultivation 108
7 Management 120
8 Managing plants – Crops and pastures 136
9 Managing plants – Tree plantings and windbreaks 162
10 Managing animals in a more sustainable way 178
11 Understanding products used in sustainable agriculture 198
Appendix 204
Index 210
A 210
B 210
C 210
D 210
E 210
F 211
G 211
H 211
I 211
K 211
L 211
M 211
N 211
O 211
P 211
Q 212
R 212
S 212
T 212
V 212
W 212
Z 212
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