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Food, Farming & Health
In these times of ecological peril, looming agricultural production problems, and creeping human health disaster it behooves all farmers and eaters to turn attention systems which are time-tested. And “time-tested” means millennia, not mere decades.
The several decades since the advent of chemical farming have thrown challenges to ecologies and humans as not experienced in the thousands of years prior. In this multi-authored work readers will connect the dots between the cause of modern disease in toxic farming fields and industrial food factories and gain an introductory understanding to philosophies of human diet, health and healing proven through thousands of years.
The rapid spread of chronic diseases is related to changes in our diets and changes in the way we grow food. The spread of toxics and monocultures in farming have produced nutritionally empty food loaded with poisons.
In addition, there is an invasion of industrially, chemically processed food as well as an invasion of an obsolete paradigm of science which ignores the latest in the sciences of ecology, food and health. It treats bad food as “substantially” equal to good food based on reductionist criteria which ignore processes and impacts on our health.
This book shows how health is a continuum from the soil, to the plants, to our bodies. Chemical farming is based on monocultures, which deprive us of the diversity we need for a balanced, healthy nutrition. Chemical farming depletes the soils of nutrition, producing plants that are nutritionally empty but full of toxic residues. When we eat chemically produced food we suffer from diseases related to nutrient deficiency and/or toxics.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of rice to many of the cuisines of India. In several Indian languages, the word for “rice” (annam) is the same as the word for “food.” Accordingly, we seek to better understand annam.
Understanding principles of Ayurvedic eating and healing does not have to feel foreign or odd. The brilliant essays which make up this book are certain to educate and inspire.
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The Myths of Safe Pesticides
The chemical-based conventional agriculture industry claims that the synthesized concoctions they sell as pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides are safe when used as directed, but does the scientific evidence truly support their assertions? Organic agriculturist and lecturer André Leu delves into a wealth of respected scientific journals to present the peer-reviewed evidence that proves the claims of chemical companies and pesticide regulators are not all they seem. Leu translates technical jargon into layman’s terms to break down the five most repeated myths about pesticide use: independent scientific analysis shows that pesticides are not at all as safe as industry leaders and regulatory agencies claim. The pesticide industry argues that human agriculture, and thereby the global population itself, cannot survive without using pesticides and herbicides, but Leu warns that human health is at great risk unless we break free of their toxic hold and turn to more natural methods of pest and weed regulation.
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Fertility Farming
Fertility Farming explores an approach to farming that makes minimal use of plowing, eschews chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and encourages cover cropping and manure application. Newman Turner holds that the foundation of the effectiveness of a fertile soil – and the measure of a fertile soil – is its content of organic matter, ultimately, its humus. Upon a basis of humus, nature builds a complete structure of healthy life – without need for disease control of any kind. In fact, disease treatment is unnecessary in nature, as disease is the outcome of the unbalancing or perversion of the natural order – and serves as a warning that something is wrong. The avoidance of disease is therefore the simple practice of natural law. Much more than theory, this book was written to serve as a practical guide for farmers. Newman Turner’s advice for building a productive, profitable organic farming system rings as true today as it did sixty years ago when it was written.
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The Salatin Semester: A Complete Home Study Course in Polyface-Style Diversified Farming
What happens when trailblazing urban agro-ecologists Rob and Michelle Avis of Verge Permaculture host superstar “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin for a three-day, three-workshop weekend…then expand and enhance that recorded wisdom in a three-month online intensive?
You get an encyclopedic compendium of small-farming entrepreneurial know-how!
And now we’ve gathered up and distilled every mind-bending morsel of Joel’s mob-stocking sagacity from those online events, and captured it all in one encyclopedic extravaganza of integrated agro-education…
…to inspire, inform, and incite you to outrageous small-farming success…forever!
Don’t put off this opportunity to own this all-inclusive, no-holds-barred, home study course…whether you’re still dreaming of your entrepreneurial farming enterprise, or you’re building on the foundations you’ve already laid, this is the novice-to-guru reference you’ll turn to again and again!
Here, Joel Salatin shares decades of hard-learned lessons and advice. Learn about:
• Pastured broilers
• Pastured layers (feathernets & eggmobiles)
• Salad bar beef
• Pigaerator pork
• Irrigation & fencing
• On-farm processing
• Relationship marketing
• Multi-use infrastructure
• Ideal farm layout
• Leasing farms & adding subcontractors
Learn the practical details behind the day-to-day running of Polyface Farm.
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A Farmer’s Guide to the Bottom Line
This book is the culmination of Acres U.S.A. founder Charles Walters’ lifetime of experience, written in his honest, straight-ahead style, outlining how the small farmer-entrepreneur can find his way to a profitable bottom line. A Farmer’s Guide to the Bottom Line provides how-to information on each step from planning to implementation of business practices for the eco-friendly farm and includes examples of people who are making a living, and a profit, by demanding a fair price for their labor. Whether you are considering taking up farming as an occupation or just interested in the economics and history of farming, this book is a must-read.
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To Confront Shadows : Miami DEA Mystery Series – Book Three
When DEA agent Chuck Tiles learns that someone is hunting Leeza Placek, the woman he loves, the case turns personal—and deadly. A violent attack and a staged crash reveal that Leeza’s past holds secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.As Chuck digs deeper, the investigation uncovers old loyalties, unresolved guilt, and a conspiracy that reaches closer to home than either of them expected. With Leeza’s life in danger and trust unraveling, Chuck must face the darkness head-on—armed with faith, truth, and a resolve that won’t back down.To Confront Shadows is a fast-paced Christian mystery filled with suspense, emotional stakes, and the power of faith when the truth threatens everything.
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The Debt
‘A muscular, suspenseful crime thriller about consequence and the long shadow of obligation.’ BestThrillers.comMichael Kramer, an eighteen-year-old talented martial artist, is blamed for the accidental death of his best friend James Basset.Sentenced to five years for involuntary manslaughter, Michael is forced to navigate a prison system where race dictates every opportunity and every threat.In this harsh world, trusting someone like Ijal, a drug mogul from a different background, is a risk. Yet when Ijal intervenes to stop a violent attack, Michael discovers that loyalty can outweigh the rigid hierarchy, and he will forever be indebted to the inmate for saving his life.Upon his release, Michael returns to his hometown and reconnects with Ijal, only to be pulled into the dangerous criminal world that he and his cousin Cory inhabit.Michael tries to rebuild his life, build a relationship with his father and return to his martial arts path. But prison has changed him in ways he can’t ignore.Loyalty becomes its own kind of cage. To repay his debt, Michael crosses lines he once believed he never could, sinking deeper into violence.Bound by murder, Michael and Ijal flee – because the next time they’re caught, there will not be any second chances.Chris Young lives in New Zealand. The Debt is his first novel.
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Echoes: A Dark Supernatural Thriller (Echoes Trilogy Book 1)
At the edge of sanity lies an extraordinary truth. Discovering it may be the last thing she ever doesHannah thinks she’s losing her mind. After hitting and killing a man with her car, his body and blood vanish without a trace. Desperate to prove she isn’t insane, she searches exhaustively until she finds him—alive and unharmed.Taken under the wing of the handsome stranger, she’s stunned to learn he’s part of an ancient race of immortals. But so is his deranged sister, and she murders every person who learns his secret. And though Hannah is as tough and resourceful as they come, how can she hope to stop a psychopath who cannot die?Echoes is the first book in the deliciously dark Echoes supernatural thriller trilogy. If you like determined heroes, fast-paced action, and breathtaking twists and turns, then you’ll love A.M. Caplan’s pulse-pounding adventure.Buy Echoes to cheat death over and over today!
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Six Magic Circles
In the shadowed fringes of a fractured realm, scarred outcast Rook—bound to a prophetic raven and a feral wolf—uncovers a cataclysmic secret: six ancient magic circles, forged in kings’ blood and demon fire, hold the barriers between worlds. As portals crack and horrors spill forth, Rook must forge uneasy alliances, confront his tormented past, and shatter the seals—or watch everything he cherishes burn.
A gripping dark fantasy of betrayal, redemption, and unrelenting fate, where every choice echoes through realms. Join Rook on a harrowing journey from fog-shrouded inns to demon-haunted battlefields, as he battles not just external evils, but the darkness within.
For fans of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher (lone hero with supernatural companions), Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind (deep character introspection amid magic), and Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora (intrigue and fragile bonds in a grim world).Dive into this epic tale of sacrifice and survival—perfect for readers craving atmospheric, character-driven fantasy with high stakes.
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Natural Goat Care
Goats thrive on fully organic natural care. As natural browsers, they have higher mineral requirements than other domestic animals, so diet is a critical element to maintaining optimal livestock health. In Natural Goat Care, consultant Pat Coleby shows how to solve health problems both with natural herbs and medicines and the ultimate cure, bringing the soil into healthy balance. Topics include: correct housing and farming methods; choosing the right livestock; diagnosing health problems; nutritional requirements and feeding practices; vitamins and herbal, homeopathic and natural remedies; psychological needs of goats; breeds & breeding techniques. An invaluable resource for anyone with goats.
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