Download or read book Daddy s Got Dirt written by Matthew Sligar and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how California rice is grown in this illustrated children's book.
Download or read book Principles and Practices of Rice Production written by Surajit K. De Datta and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Richvale written by Richvale Writing Group (Richvale, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1911 representatives of the Richvale Land Company began promoting the wonderful value of a new Sacramento Valley investment opportunity. Many hardworking Kansas and Nebraska farmers, weary of drought, blizzards, and hardship, found the lure of the California dream too powerful to resist.According to a Richvale Land Company 1911 brochure, "The lots in the new town of Richvale have just been placed on the market. Any representative of the Richvale Land Company will furnish you prices and terms and explain details regarding the same. The improvement work at Richvale will cover macadamized streets, cement sidewalks, water mains and a septic sewage tank system, and another year will see in Richvale one of the most modern towns on the Pacific coast."The promise was great, and new landowners, having sold their belongings and packed their families and livestock onto immigrant trains, began to depart for the Richvale Colony. Upon arrival, settlers were shocked to discover that there were no paved or even graveled roads, no sidewalks, and no city improvements. One early settler got off the train at Richvale with his wife and five children on December 17, 1911. The man stood next to his wife as she surveyed the landscape. With the exception of two or three buildings, there was open space as far as she could see in all directions, and there was mud everywhere. The woman sat down on her suitcase and cried. The immigrants kept coming, and despite the challenges, the resilient farmers worked hard and proved that the heavy adobe soil made excellent rice land. The community began to grow, and by 1913 there were not only a church and school, but a hotel, grocery store, and hardware store. The strong and hardy men and women who settled in Richvale during the early years built a community that thrives today, nearly one hundred years later. The dedication and perseverance of these pioneers is narrated by members of the Richvale Writing Group, many of whom were born and raised in the community and who were personally acquainted with Richvales founders. The group began work on this book in 2001, with the goal of creating a vivid and detailed portrayal of the lives and experiences of Richvale settlers. For more than five years, the group has met regularly to discuss their progress and to present ideas regarding the collaborative project. Dennis Lindberg, Richvale native and longtime rice farmer, has facilitated the meetings. Teresa Ward, Butte College developmental writing instructor, has served in an advisory capacity to the group.
Download or read book Black Rice written by Judith A. Carney and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few Americans identify slavery with the cultivation of rice, yet rice was a major plantation crop during the first three centuries of settlement in the Americas. Rice accompanied African slaves across the Middle Passage throughout the New World to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern United States. By the middle of the eighteenth century, rice plantations in South Carolina and the black slaves who worked them had created one of the most profitable economies in the world. Black Rice tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. The standard belief that Europeans introduced rice to West Africa and then brought the knowledge of its cultivation to the Americas is a fundamental fallacy, one which succeeds in effacing the origins of the crop and the role of Africans and African-American slaves in transferring the seed, the cultivation skills, and the cultural practices necessary for establishing it in the New World. In this vivid interpretation of rice and slaves in the Atlantic world, Judith Carney reveals how racism has shaped our historical memory and neglected this critical African contribution to the making of the Americas.
Download or read book Rice Production in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. Management decisions and practices. Alternative rice cropping systems. California comprehensive rice research program. Rice fields as a wetland habitat.
Download or read book Rice Nutrient Management in California written by Randall G. Mutters and published by UCANR Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science written by Shouichi Yoshida and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growth and development of the rice plant. Climatic environments and its influence. Mineral nutrition of rice. Nutritional disorders. Photosynthesis and respiration. Rice plant characters in relation to yielding ability. Physiological analysis of rice yield.
Download or read book Spatial Models of Water Use in California Rice Production written by Margaret Mary Hauselt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rice Production Worldwide written by Bhagirath S. Chauhan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses aspects of rice production in rice-growing areas of the world including origin, history, role in global food security, cropping systems, management practices, production systems, cultivars, as well as fertilizer and pest management. As one of the three most important grain crops that helps to fulfill food needs all across the globe, rice plays a key role in the current and future food security of the world. Currently, no book covers all aspects of rice production in the rice-growing areas of world. This book fills that gap by highlighting the diverse production and management practices as well as the various rice genotypes in the salient, rice-producing areas in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Further, this text highlights harvesting, threshing, processing, yields and rice products and future research needs. Supplemented with illustrations and tables, this text is essential for students taking courses in agronomy and production systems as well as for agricultural advisers, county agents, extension specialists, and professionals throughout the industry.
Download or read book Water wise Rice Production written by B. A. M. Bouman and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rice Ratooning written by International Rice Research Institute and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview; Morphology and physiology of rice ratoons; Rice ratooning in practice; Evaluation and potential of rice ratooning; Cultural practices; Genetics and varietal improvement.
Download or read book Sustainability of Rice in the Global Food System written by Noreen G. Dowling and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rice Almanac 4th edition written by J. Maclean and published by IRRI. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of the Rice Almanac continues the tradition of the first three editions by showcasing rice as the most important staple food in the world and all that is involved in maintaining rice production. It also breaks new ground in its coverage of issues related to rice production, both environmental--including climate change--and its importance for food security and the global economy. It also further expands coverage of the world’s rice production area by featuring 80 rice-producing countries around the world.
Download or read book California Cultivator written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tomorrow s Table written by Pamela C. Ronald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. The reader sees the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment.
Download or read book The California Nitrogen Assessment written by Thomas P. Tomich and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nitrogen is indispensable to all life on Earth. However, humans now dominate the nitrogen cycle, and nitrogen emissions from human activity have real costs: water and air pollution, climate change, and detrimental effects on human health, biodiversity, and natural habitats. Too little nitrogen limits ecosystem processes, while too much nitrogen transforms ecosystems profoundly. The California Nitrogen Assessment is the first comprehensive account of nitrogen flows, practices, and policies for California, encompassing all nitrogen flows—not just those associated with agriculture—and their impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. How California handles nitrogen issues will be of interest nationally and internationally, and the goal of the assessment is to link science with action and to produce information that affects both future policy and solutions for addressing nitrogen pollution. This book also provides a model for application of integrated ecosystem assessment methods at regional and state (subnational) levels.
Download or read book Rice production written by Michael L. Morris and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
