Download or read book Big Farms Make Big Flu written by Rob Wallace and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection to explore infectious disease, agriculture, economics, and the nature of science together Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has been able to devise new ways to grow more food and get it more places more quickly. There is no shortage of news items on hundreds of thousands of hybrid poultry—each animal genetically identical to the next—packed together in megabarns, grown out in a matter of months, then slaughtered, processed and shipped to the other side of the globe. Less well known are the deadly pathogens mutating in, and emerging out of, these specialized agro-environments. In fact, many of the most dangerous new diseases in humans can be traced back to such food systems, among them Campylobacter, Nipah virus, Q fever, hepatitis E, and a variety of novel influenza variants. Agribusiness has known for decades that packing thousands of birds or livestock together results in a monoculture that selects for such disease. But market economics doesn't punish the companies for growing Big Flu—it punishes animals, the environment, consumers, and contract farmers. Alongside growing profits, diseases are permitted to emerge, evolve, and spread with little check. “That is,” writes evolutionary biologist Rob Wallace, “it pays to produce a pathogen that could kill a billion people.” In Big Farms Make Big Flu, a collection of dispatches by turns harrowing and thought-provoking, Wallace tracks the ways influenza and other pathogens emerge from an agriculture controlled by multinational corporations. Wallace details, with a precise and radical wit, the latest in the science of agricultural epidemiology, while at the same time juxtaposing ghastly phenomena such as attempts at producing featherless chickens, microbial time travel, and neoliberal Ebola. Wallace also offers sensible alternatives to lethal agribusiness. Some, such as farming cooperatives, integrated pathogen management, and mixed crop-livestock systems, are already in practice off the agribusiness grid. While many books cover facets of food or outbreaks, Wallace's collection appears the first to explore infectious disease, agriculture, economics and the nature of science together. Big Farms Make Big Flu integrates the political economies of disease and science to derive a new understanding of the evolution of infections. Highly capitalized agriculture may be farming pathogens as much as chickens or corn.
Download or read book High Plains Farm written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After thirty-three years, Paula Chamlee returned home to photograph and write about the farm where she grew up on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle. This document provides a look at her home place and reveals a way of life and value system that are quickly vanishing. It attempts to evoke the flavour of farm life in the twentieth century.
Download or read book Characteristics of Large scale Farms 1987 written by Donn Alvin Reimund and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Big Farm Book written by Roger Priddy and published by Priddy Books US. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the perfect book for kids who want to find out all about farms. On the big, sturdy board pages, they'll discover bright, bold photographs of all kind of things they'll see down on the farm, from animals, to crops to farm vehicles. Each has their name written underneath, so that children can learn what they're called, build their farm vocabulary, and start to develop word and picture association.
Download or read book Midwestern Corn Farms Economic Status and the Potential for Large and Family sized Units written by Kenneth R. Krause and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economics of Large Wheat Farms in the Great Plains written by Ronald D. Krenz and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Cotton Feed Grain and Wheat Farms Number and Importance written by Kenneth R. Krause and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Farm operators with 500 acres or more of cotton, feed grains, or wheat were important but not predominant in the production of these commodities in 1969. Those with 500-999 acres of these crops planted about 12 present of the cotton acres, 7.5 percent of the feed grain, and 10 percent of the wheat. Farm operators with over 1,000 acres of these crops planted about 6.8 percent of the cotton acres, about 3.2 percent of the feed grain, and about 4.6 percent of the wheat. There were about 550 farm operators with over 1,000 acres of cotton, 1,950 farm operators with over 1,000 feed grain acres and 1,800 farm operators with over 1,000 acres of wheat.”
Download or read book On Large and Small Farms and Their Influence on the Social Economy written by Hippolyte Philibert Passy and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond The Large Farm written by Paul B. Thompson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research. It presents bibliographic essays that review the criticisms of research.
Download or read book Agrarian Structure in Poland the Myth of Large farm Superiority written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Poland, present policies are aimed at promoting large, mechanized farms over smaller family farms. These policies are based on the perception that large farms offer real economies of scale. But international evidence indicates that such large, mechanized farms are generally less efficient and use less labor than small family farms. The authors analyzed the relationship between farm size and efficiency in Polish agriculture. They used two different methods to do so. First they determined differences in total factor productivity between small and large farms. They then used Data Envelope Analysis to estimate scale efficiencies. The results show that, for the sample of farms analyzed: 1) large farms are not more efficient than smaller farms; and 2) smaller farms are more labor-intensive than larger farms. These results have important policy implications for farm restructuring in Poland and other transition economies facing similar issues and conditions.
Download or read book Large scale farms in perspective written by Donn Alvin Reimund and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Giant Pop Out Farm written by Chronicle Books LLC and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed full of impressive pop-out features, this interactive book is sure to engage and entertain curious preschoolers. Simple clues nestled within words and pictures allow children to guess what hides behind each flap. And then. . . surprise! Giant Pop-Out Farm features farm favorites—a cow, a pig, and a barn, among others. The large pop-outs are simple and sturdy, making them well suited for and appealing to young children.
Download or read book An Address to the Landowners and the Public on the Large Farm System By an Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Global Farms Race written by Michael Kugelman and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, host countries, and the world as a whole. The debate over large-scale land acquisition is typically polarized, with critics lambasting it as a form of “neocolonialism,” and proponents lauding it as an elixir for the poor yields, inefficient technology, and unemployment plaguing global agriculture. The Global Farms Race instead offers diverse perspectives, featuring contributions from agricultural investment consultants, farmers’ organizations, international NGOs, and academics. The book addresses historical context, environmental impacts, and social effects, and covers all the major geographic areas of investment. Nearly 230 million hectares of farmland—an area equivalent to the size of Western Europe—have been sold or leased since 2001, with most of these transactions occurring since 2008. As the deals continue to increase, it is imperative for anyone concerned with food security to understand them and their consequences. The Global Farms Race is a critical resource to develop that understanding.
Download or read book Old MacDonald Had a Farm written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This board book following JJ’s visit to a farm is based on the popular “Old MacDonald” CoComelon YouTube video! When JJ goes to a farm, he gets to meet all kinds of animals, from pigs to sheep to cows, and to learn the sound each one makes! CoComelon is the #1 kids show on YouTube (over 170 million subscribers) and the #1 kids show on Netflix! CoComelon™ & © 2024 Moonbug Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.
Download or read book Selected Bulletins written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The International Farm Crisis written by David Goodman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examine the problems currently facing farmers and agricultural products in the international market.
