Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land: Lessons from Desert Farmers on Adapting to Climate Uncertainty Contributor(s): Nabhan, Gary Paul (Author), McKibben, Bill (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1603584536 ISBN-13: 9781603584531 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Gardening | Climatic - Desert - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
Dewey: 631 |
LCCN: 2013008070 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7.07" W x 9.97" L (1.47 lbs) 272 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Awards: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, Winner, Gardening/Agriculture, 2014 |
Review Citations: Foreword 05/08/2013 Publishers Weekly 05/20/2013 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How to harvest water and nutrients, select drought-tolerant plants, and create natural diversity Because climatic uncertainty has now become the new normal, many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more resilient in the face of such global weirding. This book draws upon the wisdom and technical knowledge from desert farming traditions all around the world to offer time-tried strategies for:
Gary Paul Nabhan is one of the world's experts on the agricultural traditions of arid lands. For this book he has visited indigenous and traditional farmers in the Gobi Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sahara Desert, and Andalusia, as well as the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Painted deserts of North America, to learn firsthand their techniques and designs aimed at reducing heat and drought stress on orchards, fields, and dooryard gardens. This practical book also includes colorful parables from the field that exemplify how desert farmers think about increasing the carrying capacity and resilience of the lands and waters they steward. It is replete with detailed descriptions and diagrams of how to implement these desert-adapted practices in your own backyard, orchard, or farm. This unique book is useful not only for farmers and permaculturists in the arid reaches of the Southwest or other desert regions. Its techniques and prophetic vision for achieving food security in the face of climate change may well need to be implemented across most of North America over the next half-century, and are already applicable in most of the semiarid West, Great Plains, and the U.S. Southwest and adjacent regions of Mexico. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nabhan, Gary Paul: - Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. He holds the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Arizona Southwest Center, where he works with students, faculty, and non-profits to build a more just, nutritious, sustainable, and climate-resilient foodshed spanning the US/Mexico border. He's also the author of numerous books, including Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land, Renewing America's Food Traditions, and Chasing Chiles. He lives in southern Arizona. |
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