The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Audiobook, MP3)
Eating is about more than satisfying our hunger. It's also about the environment, social justice, personal development, and sustainable living. Many Americans already know this. We're eating less red meat and more organically produced foods, and most restaurants offer vegetarian options. But do we really know the truth about mechanized animal farming and slaughterhouses, herbicide and pesticide use, and labels that promise "Certified Humane"?
Here is an exciting and informative guide to the past, present and future of farming. Superb color photographs give the reader a unique "eyewitness" view of farm animals, crops, machines, harvesting and every other aspect of farming. See all kinds of farm animals, both new breeds and old, a steam threshing machine, a sheep being shorn, a reaper-binder in action, and horses at work. Learn how a cornstack is built, how genetic engineering affects farm animals, when the first plows were made, and what organic farmers do. Discover who grew potatoes first, the inventions of the Egyptians, where corn is stored, what different animals eat, what a dock lifter looks like, and much, much more.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Farming
The importance of farms is the topic discussed in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Farming, another episode in the very popular series of science education programs. Urban students may not fully comprehend the basic workings of a farm, but the Science Guy provides the information in this episode. Students will see what is involved in growing food. Nye goes into the biological control of pests, and the hazards of widespread chemical pesticide use.
Richard Bradley contends that for much of the prehistoric period, ritual was not a distinct sphere of activity. Rather it was the way in which different features of the domestic world were played out until they took on qualities of theatrical performance. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, all of which were ritualized in prehistoric Europe.
This introductory level textbook covers the welfare and environmental implications of producing cattle as well as traditional subjects such as nutrition, reproduction and housing. Its broad, international coverage includes feedlot systems, transport, subsistence farming systems and the contribution of cattle production systems to land, air and water pollution.
