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Growing good things to eat in Texas : profiles of organic farmers and ranchers across the state /

As more and more people seek locally grown food, independent, family owned and operated agriculture has expanded, creating local networks for selling and buying produce, meat, and dairy products and reviving local agricultural economies throughout the United States.??In Growing Good Things to Eat in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Pamela, 1949-
Otros Autores: Walsh, Linda (Linda M.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M University agriculture series ; no. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fruit and vegetables
  • South Tex organics: Dennis Holbrook's journey from pharmaceutical to organic farming
  • Boggy Creek Farm: the art of urban farming
  • Tecolote Farm: where the South meets the West
  • Animal farm: how Gita Vanwoerden accidentally became a vegetable farmer
  • Home sweet farm: making American dreams come true
  • Shrimp and meat
  • Permian Sea Organics: aquaculture in the desert
  • Rehoboth Ranch and Windy Meadows Farm: for the love of god and family
  • Ross Farm: learning to listen to the whispers of nature
  • Dairy and cheese
  • Pure Luck Farm and Dairy: from the first generation to the second
  • Full Quiver Farm and Dairy: how the Sams family saved its farm and sustained a way of life.