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Farming : growing the food that feeds us / Chris McNab.

by McNab, Chris, 1970-

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Amber Books, 2023.

Agriculture -- Pictorial works.

9781838862558 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Growing the food that feeds us

222 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. x 30 cm.

"Copyright: Amber Books Ltd."

Chris McNab has written more than 100 titles, primarily focused on historical and military topics. His titles include 'Native American Warriors,' 'The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War,' 'History of World War II,' and 'Hitler’s Masterplan.' He also works as an educational publishing consultant, advising international agencies on how to develop their textbooks and other educational resources.

"For the many of us who don't farm the land, it's easy to forget the fact that all human life depends upon soil and the plants that grow within it. The agricultural revoltion that occurred about 12,000 years ago unchained humanity from the precarous existence of the hunter-gatherer. From this point, people could stay in one place and farm seasonal crops and domesticated livestock. Population growth, urbanizationa nd civilization itself were the results. The word: farming however, covers a vast catalogue of practices, crops, animals and industries, from avocadoes to wheat, potatoes to pomergranates, catlle to llamas. Then there are the differences of scale: today, more than 2 billion people on the planet still work small plots of land intimately as subsistence farmers, often with tool types dating back millennia, but agriculture is also found in multi-million dollar industries, with farms covering tens of thousands of acres. While recognizing our potentially fragile dependency on the earth beneath our feet and those who work it, this book is a celebration of all forms agriculture, large and small across our fertile planet." --From the introduction.

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