Agriculture

The author is a Biodynamic farmer in Northern California. Seven years ago she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a retinal eye disease that usually leads to blindness. The memoir takes the reader on a journey deep into nature. It is the light and color that radiates from the natural world that helps to heal her.

This Piranesi Press classic 1852 reprint of the 2nd revised edition of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's classic treatise on the Wardian case, —or covered glass aquariums and greenhouses as we know them today— , is sure to please the natural history buff, horticulturist, or gardener in your family. N.B. Ward was a renowned botanist and problem solver. He became highly sought after for his expertise after introducing to the world his method for transporting plants under glass from across the British Empire on long and arduous ship journeys. This book is basic reading for anyone wishing to gain a foundational understanding of the plant growing mechanisms involved in terrarium and greenhouse g ...

The Poison Planters is a 'reality novel' which follows the international intrigue of Dr. Laura Brett, the brilliant and attractive ex-CIA biologist, as she travels through the US and across Europe, China, and Africa seeking to identify the sources of the tragedies caused by the spread of genetically modified crops(GMOs)and bovine growth hormones (rBGH). It is a fact-filled adventure, based on actual episodes of real people and companies, of children developing diseases, farmers committing suicide, careers being destroyed, and lives being crushed by major chemical companies as they aggressively spread GMO crops and rBGH milk. It is a story of the brave challenges by doctors and scient ...

Oregonian writer and grower, Peter Oscar Tolstoy, has released a new marijuana growing plan that's straight out of Oregon's most successful outdoor pot growers' play-books. It's a step-by-step program simply titled The Ten Pound Plant. The book is groundbreaking information on growing. It's laid out in easy to follow layman's terms and diagrams that function as a grower's daily planner from January to harvest in October. The author sells the book with a bold claim. Any would-be gardener, new or seasoned, can 'grow marijuana with 10 pound harvests.'