Agriculture History

This text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the world history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Isett and Miller argue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change, exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time.

'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton. An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human...

The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm, or ranch scale and is needed right now - on a global scale. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs.

When Rudolf Steiner gave these lectures 80 years ago, industrial farming was on the rise and organic methods were being replaced in the name of science, efficiency and technology. With the widespread alarm over the quality of food in recent years, and the growth of the organic movement and its mainstream acceptance, perceptions are changing. The qualitative aspect of food is once again on the agenda, and in this context Rudolf Steiner's only course of lectures on agriculture is critical to the current debate.

Thousands of years ago, the Mesopotamians made many discoveries that we enjoy today.

Uncover the greatest turning point in ancient history as nomadic hunter-gatherers trigger the agricultural revolution. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking deep dive transports you straight into the late Ice Age. Feel the ecological pressures of a warming Pleistocene world as...

Explore the ultimate turning point in human history when nomadic foragers traded wild freedom for settled agriculture. Perfect for your morning commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms the sudden rise of ancient farming into a gripping ecological mystery. Step back in time to witness...

Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut) upbringing on a remote island in the Bering Sea, through his immersion in both the Russian Orthodox Church and his tribe’s holistic spiritual...

Discover how Ice Age foragers sparked an agricultural revolution that birthed civilization and social inequality. Perfect for an inquisitive daily commute, this immersive historical journey explores the dramatic climate shifts that forced humanity to trade nomadic freedom for permanent...

Bridging Indigenous wisdom and African Traditional Religions, this book is an offering, a reclamation, and revelatory invitation into the deeply rooted work of intergenerational healing. Includes a framework of 6 archetypes to help guide your ancestral healing journey: discover which gifts...

Step into an atmospheric historical journey and experience the relentless daily survival of an 18th-century homesteader. This grounding day-in-the-life narrative transports you from the first freezing breath of predawn to the comforting warmth of the evening hearth. Perfect for a reflective...

Trace the history of how global empires, agricultural innovation, and climate shocks fueled the war against famine. Perfect for an educational commute, this urgent exploration transforms how you understand the fragile systems feeding our modern world. Every meal on your table is the product of...

An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planet We have never had to feed as many people as we do today. And yet, we misunderstand the essentials of...

Building on and connecting histories of food and work, literary criticism of the pastoral and georgic, histories of elite and vernacular science, and histories of reading and writing practices, among other areas of inquiry, Digging the Past offers fine-grained case studies of projects heralded as innovations both in the 17th century and in our own time: composting and soil amendment, local food, natural wine, and hedgerows.