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Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Don{u2019}t wait until it{u2019}s too late. The food you prepare today can save your life when disaster strikes. Prepper{u2019}s Food Storage breaks the process down into easy, manageable steps that have been carefully organized in order of importance, including: {u2022} Charts to calculate food needs {u2022} Best shelf-stable foods {u2022} Storage solutions for big and small spaces {u2022} Instructions for dehydrating and canning {u2022} Checklists...
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Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Expands the historical narrative of the black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of southern black farmers and the organizations they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of black people, this book reveals agriculture as a site of resistance and provides a historical foundation that adds meaning and context to current conversations around the resurgence...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In recent years the media have reported on the increasing use of genetically modified crops in agriculture. This text focuses attention on the less discussed issues of the potential benefits of genetically modified crops for developing countries.
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Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The first and definitive history of the use of food in American law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control, a Fast Food Nation for the Black Lives Matter era In 1789, to subjugate Indigenous tribes, George Washington ordered his troops to "ruintheir crops on the ground and prevent them planting more." Destroying the sources of food is just one way that the United States has used nourishment as a political tool. To prevent enslaved people...
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