Book Sale: Agriculture

Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa (2004)

Edited by Mats Widgren and John E.G. Sutton

$12 hardcover
$44.95; save $32.95

The Migrant Farmer in the History of Cape Colony, 1657–1842 (1994)

By P. J. van der Merwe

$14 hardcover
$60; save $46

Organic Coffee

Sustainable Development by Mayan Farmers

By Maria Elena Martinez-Torres

Despite deepening poverty and environmental degradation throughout rural Latin America, Mayan peasant farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, are finding environmental and economic success by growing organic coffee.…

All Flesh is Grass

The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming

By Gene Logsdon

Amidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital supplements for hogs, chickens, and turkeys.…