Cultivating During Wartime: Knowledge and Resilience of the World - Couverture souple

Du Monde, Vergers

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798328146098

Editeur : Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

When Supply Chains Break, Will You Know How to Grow?

Food crises don't announce themselves. But when conflicts escalate, droughts intensify, and grocery shelves empty, one skill separates those who thrive from those who struggle: the ability to grow food anywhere, with anything.

CULTIVATING DURING WARTIME brings you 20+ survival-tested techniques from farmers who've fed their families through war, blockades, economic collapse, and climate disasters across 11 countries.


WHAT'S INSIDE:

• 20+ PRACTICAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES: Build solar ovens, design hydroponic systems, construct oya irrigation, master seed saving, preserve food without electricity, and more, step-by-step instructions you can implement today
• 10+ GLOBAL STORIES OF RESILIENCE: Learn from farmers in WWI France, Special Period Cuba, war-torn Syria, blockaded Ethiopia, refugee camps in Zimbabwe, and mountain communities in the Himalayas
• 9 HERITAGE CROPS FOR FOOD SECURITY: Discover resilient, nutrient-dense plants that thrive under stress, parsnips, rutabaga, sorghum, spirulina, quinoa, sweet potato, and more
• 3 TIMELINES, 1 MISSION: Past (WWI survival gardens), Present (modern conflict zones), Future (climate adaptation strategies for 2040)
• 4 PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL FARMING: Master low-input, high-yield methods based on Fukuoka's philosophy: no chemicals, minimal water, maximum resilience
• TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE (TEK): Tap into generations of wisdom from Dalit women farmers in India, Sahelian pastoralists, Lebanese rooftop gardeners, and Syrian elevated bed innovators
• COMPLETE SELF-SUFFICIENCY TOOLKIT: Calculate household food/energy needs, design crop rotations, build compost systems, create living fences, construct looms for fiber, integrate animals (chickens, rabbits, goats)

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR:

→ Homesteaders building long-term food independence
→ Preppers preparing for supply chain disruptions
→ Urban gardeners maximizing small spaces under constraints
→ Sustainable living advocates seeking global perspectives
→ Families reducing grocery dependency and rising costs
→ Educators and students of resilience, permaculture, and food sovereignty


WHY THIS BOOK WORKS:

Unlike generic "prepper" guides or theoretical permaculture books, this is grounded in real survival. These techniques come from:

• French villagers growing food during WWI blockades
• Cuban families navigating the Special Period without oil imports
• Syrian urbanites growing vegetables on bombed-out rooftops
• Ethiopian farmers maintaining harvests during civil war
• Refugee communities creating gardens with zero resources

FROM THE PAST, FOR THE FUTURE

This isn't just a gardening book. It's a survival manual, a history lesson, and a blueprint for the uncertain decades ahead. Water scarcity. Climate unpredictability. Economic instability. Conflict. The challenges are coming.

But with the right knowledge, you can turn any space - a backyard, a balcony, a rooftop, a refugee camp - into a source of nutrition, autonomy, and hope.


BUILD RESILIENCE. GROW FOOD. TAKE CONTROL.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798328146098
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 121
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg