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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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"'Powerful, purposeful and persuasive ... This book is transformative. We must read, mark and learn, fast' Michael Morpurgo'A call to action - to change our world from the ground up. A vitally necessary book' Isabella Tree'Philip Lymbery pulls no punches in cataloguing the calamitous mistakes we've made in our food system, but he has bold and inspiring solutions to offer, too.' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallTaking 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: game over. 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 and jeopardising the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the nature that we treasure. In his investigations, however, he also finds hope in the pioneers who are battling to bring landscapes back to life, who are rethinking farming methods, rediscovering traditional techniques and developing technologies to feed an ever-expanding global population.Impassioned, balanced and persuasive, Sixty Harvests Left not only demonstrates why future harvests matter more than ever, but reveals how we can restore our planet for a nature-friendly future"-- From ProQuest Ebook Central |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Black gold -- A tale of two cows -- Sixty harvests left -- The march of the mega-farm -- Chain reaction -- A land without animals -- Climate crisis -- Will insects save us? -- When oceans run dry -- The dust bowl era -- Celebrity food villains -- Pandemics on our plate -- Business with boundaries -- Saving ourselves -- Regeneration -- Rethinking protein -- Rewilding |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
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Concurrent user level: 1 user |
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Agriculture -- Environmental aspects.
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Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. |
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Food security -- Environmental aspects.
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Food security. |
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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sustainable agriculture (discipline) |
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Print version Lymbery, Philip Sixty harvests left London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022 9781526619327 |
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9781526619303 electronic book |
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152661930X electronic book |
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9781526654694 Eelectronic book |
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1526654695 Eelectronic book |
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9781526619327 hardcover |
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9781526619334 paperback |
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