Agricultural & Food Sciences

We have never had so much information at our fingertips, and yet most of us simply don't understand how our world really works. Professor Vaclav Smil is not a pessimist or an optimist, he is a scientist, and this book is a much-needed reality check on a wide range of topics....

People talk a lot about the problems with intensive farming. But the problem isn't the adjective. It's the noun....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....

Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world....

A beautifully written portrait of 21st-century farming, Rooted is a fascinating personal account of a revolution in British farming....

Learn a road map to healthy soil and revitalized food systems for powerfully addressing these times of challenge. This audiobook equips producers with knowledge, skills, and insights to regenerate ecosystem health and grow farm/ranch profits....

Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted....

It's not what you eat that's damaging your health; it's how that food is 'made'. The truth behind ultra-processed food that the food industry doesn't want you to know....

For five generations, the Pemberton family have farmed at Birks Farm in the picturesque town of Lytham on Lancashire's Fylde Coast, working at the heart of the area since the 1830s and supplying dairy produce to the local community ever since....

In Dirt to Soil, Gabe Brown tells the story of his ranch's amazing journey and offers a wealth of innovative solutions to our most pressing and complex contemporary agricultural challenge - restoring the soil....

Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? Too often people dare not even vocalize this desire because it seems absurd. It's like thinking the unthinkable....

The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small....

The One Show's resident scientist Marty Jopson takes us on a mouthwatering tour of the 21st-century kitchen and the everyday food miracles that we all take for granted....

Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs....

Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food....

As seen on the BBC’s This Farming Life. The inspirational story of Lynbreck Croft - a regenerative Scottish farm rooted in local food, community, and the dreams of two women. Lynn and Sandra left their friends, family, and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland....

From high heels to welly boots–one woman’s misadventures in becoming a farmer, raising a family, and making a living from the land....

You may think you don’t have the time or the money to start a big permaculture project. But permaculture doesn’t need to be overwhelming. You can start as small as you like, and you can move at a pace that suits you. Don’t feel you have to learn everything in one go....

A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War....

Acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity - and human health threat - uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again....

Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work....

Taking its title from a chilling warning made by the United Nations that the world’s soils could be lost within a lifetime, Sixty Harvests Left uncovers how the food industry is threatening the planet....

In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes, you will find out how to make foolproof Hollandaise sauce in just two minutes, how to transform one simple tomato sauce into a half dozen dishes, how to make the crispiest, creamiest potato casserole ever conceived, and much more....

The second volume of James Herriot's best-selling memoirs about the trials and tribulations of being a rural vet....

Oxford professor Charles Spence shows how our senses link up in the most extraordinary ways and reveals the importance of all the off-the-plate elements of a meal....

In this book, Jeff Lowenfels digs into the new science behind how endophytic bacteria supply nutrients to a large array of plants and explains, in accessible language, how this information applies to home gardeners, small-scale farmers, and cannabis growers. Based on cutting-edge science that will help gardeners increase plant health and productivity, Teaming with Bacteria is a must-have addition to every organic gardener’s library.

Do you want to adopt a lifestyle that gives you 100 percent independence? Do you want to learn about an off-grid lifestyle? If yes, this is the perfect book for you. The popularity of off-grid living is steadily gaining popularity. Despite all the progress and technological advancements of the modern world, it has become extremely stressful. Various external factors, from the environment to the political climate and corporate culture, are regulating our lives these days. Living close to nature and going off-grid offers a variety of physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. 

Cannabis is not only a recreational drug but also a potent medicine that can help relieve symptoms associated with different ailments. It is well-known for its calming and pain-reducing effects. It is also used in various religious ceremonies in various cultures. Growing cannabis is gaining rapid popularity all over the world. Now that many countries are planning to legalize cannabis, it is about time you start thinking about growing your own stuff as well. This book is a thorough guide for beginners who want to learn more about cannabis, growing it, and how to begin this journey.

Are you sick and tired of not having all the goat herd information in one place? You see, raising a goat or a herd of goats doesn’t need to be complicated. Even if you’ve tried raising goats before and failed. The truth is, it’s much simpler than you think. Imagine how you’ll feel once you have raised a healthy herd from infancy to adulthood and how your life could change for the better. So even if you’re terrified of goats, you can still have a happy herd with Raising Goats for Beginners.

Have you ever wanted to improve your cannabis growing skills? A lot goes into growing premium cannabis, from ensuring your plants receive the right amounts of water, sunlight, and nutrients to making sure you're using the right soil and keeping your plants at the right temperature. How you grow your cannabis will also affect whether you grow your plants indoors or outdoors. This book serves as a guide to growing your own high-quality cannabis. It will take you from planting the seeds to storing the leaves, ensuring you'll feel like an old pro by the time your first crop comes in.

Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi, and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding this relationship, home gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi, which include an increased uptake in nutrients, resistance to drought, earlier fruiting, and more. This must-have guide will teach you how fungi interact with plants and how to best to employ them in your home garden.

What does it mean to live an off-grid lifestyle? What type of off-grid farming projects can you undertake? What type of herbal plants can you grow in your garden? How do you deal with emergencies? This book aims to enlighten the listener about a few sustainable and perfect projects for living off-grid. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to start and carry on with them. This guide highlights how you get to know the survival skills you can apply in different situations that you may encounter when you live off-grid.

With plenty of comprehensive and beginner-friendly advice and practical techniques, this book will guide you through the world of psilocybin mushroom cultivation. The health benefits of psilocybin mushrooms are widely known. By learning how to cultivate them properly, you gain the ability to provide everything the shrooms can offer. Whether you grow them for personal or commercial purposes, this book will help you create a premium-quality product—with all its advantages. If you've been interested in growing magic mushrooms, this book is for you.

Keeping backyard chickens is a fun, simple way to to reconnect with the earth, the community, and your food sources—and you can do it, even with limited space in your backyard. Let the Chicken Whisperer (poultry personality Andy Schneider) teach you everything he knows and everything you need to know about raising a backyard flock! Ditch the super-technical manuals and enjoy Andy’s unique, common-sense perspective in The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens, Expanded & Revised. This fun, comprehensive guide is a perfect fit for your busy lifestyle. 

The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels. More than a guide to beekeeping, this audiobook features expert advice for setting up and caring for your own colonies, selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours, the most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees, harvesting the products of a beehive, bee problems and treatments, and more. 

Taking its title from a chilling warning made by the United Nations that the world’s soils could be lost within a lifetime, Sixty Harvests Left uncovers how the food industry is threatening the planet. Put simply, without soils there will be no food. And time is running out. From the United Kingdom to Italy, from Brazil to the Gambia to the USA, Philip Lymbery, the internationally acclaimed author of Farmageddon, goes behind the scenes of industrial farming and confronts ‘Big Agriculture’, where mega-farms, chemicals and animal cages are sweeping the countryside.

Psilocybin mushrooms are being extensively researched and cultivated these days for their prominent medicinal benefits, especially for people with depression or anxiety. One of the most utilized hallucinogens, magic mushrooms, is used for rehab treatments. There are many steps you need to follow and different techniques to opt for when cultivating shrooms. This book explains each one in extensive detail. If you're someone who's been interested in growing magic mushrooms, but couldn't find anything worthwhile on the internet or other resources, this book is for you.

Have you ever contemplated living off the grid? Does the prospect of self-sufficient survival appeal to you? Is resourcefulness a skill you've always wanted to hone? This comprehensive guide will show you the ropes of the survivalist lifestyle, teach you numerous skills, and introduce ready-to-apply DIY projects for your personal sustenance. Complete with practical knowledge and step-by-step instructions all along, this beginner-friendly book is your ultimate reference for when you decide to give modern civilization a break (or if you're already anticipating its downfall).

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Green Grass in the Spring: A Cowboy's Guide for Saving the World and learn about land stewardship and holistic land management. 

Moving off the grid can completely change the trajectory of your life. You will raise your own livestock, grow your own crops, and meet all your needs by taking advantage of nature's resources. Forget about soul-crushing jobs that leave you feeling empty. There is a purity to feeding yourself and providing for yourself without being forced to endure such a hollow existence. This book will teach you to reconnect with the natural world and create a little slice of paradise far from modern society. There is more meaning in a simple life, and you will learn exactly how to achieve that.