Ancient Agriculture: Roots & Application of Sustainable Farming - Couverture rigide

Arellano, Estevan

 
9781423601203: Ancient Agriculture: Roots & Application of Sustainable Farming
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1423601203 ISBN 13 : 9781423601203
Editeur : Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2006

Synopsis

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Art of Agriculture is the first English edition of Obra de Agricultura by Gabriel Alonso de Herrera, an agriculture instruction manual originally written in Granada, Spain, in 1513 and published there in 1539. Herrera, widely considered the Father of Modern Spanish Agriculture, wrote this treatise nearly five centuries ago, thoughtfully recounting traditional farming techniques of the Moors before their expulsion from Spain, the Spanish colonizers in the early 1600s, and the rural Indo-Hispano bioregion spanning northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Today, farmers, gardeners, and ecological horticulturists are striving to work in harmony with nature, using traditional irrigation methods (involving acequias, sangrias, and arroyos) to transform barren high-desert landscapes into fields supporting crop growth. This book speaks to today's farmers, no matter their size or output, in drought-ridden areas with land patterns characterized by natural ditches (acequias) and community water distribution systems (suertes). This type of agriculture exists not only in the American Southwest but from the Philippines to India to the Middle East. With global warming, water usage, and increased populations today, this book is more pertinent now than ever. Practical as well as philosophical, The Art of Agriculture will fascinate anyone interested in organic farming, sustainable agriculture, and permaculture worldwide.

Biographie de l'auteur

The Art of Agriculture is a recent translation of Obra de Agricultura by Gabriel Alonso de Herrera, an instruction manual originally written in Granada, Spain, in 1513 and published there in 1539. Herrera's recounting of traditional farming techniques, culled from the oral history of the Moors before their expulsion from Spain, migrated with the Spanish colonizers in the early 1600s to the rural Indo-Hispano bioregion spanning northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.

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Éditeur
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1423601203
ISBN 13 
9781423601203
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
168
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