Sufficient
Published on 4. June 2015
123 pages
978-1-909815-80-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sufficient' is a book to inspire, educate and encourage a process of change towards a simple, gentle and sustainable way of living. Many of us want to make a shift in our lives by slowing down and consuming less, embracing artisan foods and championing human-scale organic growing methods as safe, compassionate and pleasurable.
This book is a guide to starting that process, however and wherever you currently live in the world. 'Sufficient' is a passionate approach to understanding why changes need to be made and how they can be achieved in a fun and life-enhancing way. It encourages the practice of sustainability, taking it from its niche following and bringing it into the mainstream consciousness via a practical every day manual.
This book is a guide to starting that process, however and wherever you currently live in the world. 'Sufficient' is a passionate approach to understanding why changes need to be made and how they can be achieved in a fun and life-enhancing way. It encourages the practice of sustainability, taking it from its niche following and bringing it into the mainstream consciousness via a practical every day manual.
Reviews / Votes
"A guide to starting the process of changing our lives - slowing down, consuming less, embracing artisan foods and championing human-scale organic growing methods."Country Smallholding magazine
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
32,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-909815-80-3 (9781909815803)
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Person
Tom Petherick
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Where are we now?
- Where our food comes from
- The state of agriculture and horticulture today
- Sufficient food
- Slow food
- Sourcing and procuring
- Nutrition
- Food miles and free trade
- The ways and means
- The first steps
- Growing
- Growing your own
- Organic versus non-organic
- Site and Design
- Gardens
- Allotments
- Growing in a small space
- Types of cultivation
- Dig versus no-dig
- Tools and equipment
- Seed companies
- Crop rotation
- The soil
- Compost
- Fertility
- Commercial viability
- Vegetables:
- Growing food
- Propagation
- Solonaceae
- Brassicas
- Roots (Apiaceae)
- Legumes
- Alliums
- Cucurbits
- Perennial vegetables
- Salads
- Herbs
- Fruit
- Growing fruit
- Fruit trees
- Soft fruit
- Cane fruit
- Exotics
- Nuts
- Wild Food
- Animals
- Introduction
- Poultry
- Pigeons
- Bees
- Goats
- Sheep
- Pigs
- The cow
- Domestic pets
- How we Live
- Introduction
- Energy
- Water
- Community
- Recycling
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
