{"title":"Tractor Time Authors","description":"This collection features books, DVDs and audio from guests who have appeared on the Acres U.S.A. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofarmingdaily.com\/voices-of-eco-agriculture\/tractor-time-podcast\/\" title=\"Tractor Time podcast home page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTractor Time podcast\u003c\/a\u003e.","products":[{"product_id":"advancements-in-organic-no-till-farming","title":"Jeff Moyer: Advancements in Organic No-Till Farming","description":"No-till farmers are effectively protecting the soil surface and building organic matter. But conventional no-till still relies on herbicides and chemical forms of nitrogen, which in turn burn up organic matter and lower carbon sequestration potential. Jeff Moyer, author of the book \u003ci\u003eOrganic No-Till Farming\u003c\/i\u003e, will bring attendees up to date on advancements in equipment, methods, and the general state of the art of non-chemical no-till farming. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeff Moyer is director of farm operations at the Rodale Institute. Throughout his more than 30 years at the Rodale Institute, Jeff has brought a farmer’s perspective and approach to issues in organic agriculture. He is an expert in organic crop production systems including weed management, cover crops, crop rotations, equipment modification and use and facilities design. He has helped countless farmers make the transition from conventional, chemical-based farming to organic or sustainable methods. Jeff is not only a farmer but also an activist within the organic movement. 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It treats bad food as “substantially” equal to good food based on reductionist criteria which ignore processes and impacts on our health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how health is a continuum from the soil, to the plants, to our bodies. Chemical farming is based on monocultures, which deprive us of the diversity we need for a balanced, healthy nutrition. Chemical farming depletes the soils of nutrition, producing plants that are nutritionally empty but full of toxic residues. When we eat chemically produced food we suffer from diseases related to nutrient deficiency and\/or toxics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to overstate the importance of rice to many of the cuisines of India. 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The brilliant essays which make up this book are certain to educate and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCopyright 2018, softcover, 260 pages. 40 per case.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead an excerpt of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofarmingdaily.com\/book-excerpt-food-farming-health-by-vandana-shiva-et-al\/\" title=\"Excerpt from the book Food, Farming \u0026amp; Health by Vandana Shiva on EcoFarming Daily\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFood, Farming \u0026amp; Health by Vandana Shiva on EcoFarming Daily\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acres USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12519067910217,"sku":"7487","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1829\/3249\/products\/food-farming-health_coverwrap_hires_1_eb3e936f-7a53-4be1-b0e2-f21800d0a913.jpg?v=1571611621"},{"product_id":"fred-provenza-our-landscapes-our-livestock-ourselves","title":"Fred Provenza: Our Landscapes, Our Livestock, Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn how animals ─ or humans ─ when fed a phytochemical-rich diet very early in life actually gain nutritional intelligence, and the body learns how to seek needed nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(1 hour, 19 minutes, 55 seconds) Recorded at the 2015 Acres U.S.A. 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With the mind of an engineer, the passion of minister, and the depth of a philosopher the author has created not only a wonderful yarn, but a book for our generation asking the questions and providing many of the answers needed by millions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming in the Presence of Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo mere book of philosophy, Tainio cleverly connects the esoteric with the concrete, bridging the gap between modern-day soil chemistry and natural earth forces. 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In Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land, Gary Paul Nabhan, one of the world’s experts on the agricultural traditions of arid lands, draws from the knowledge of traditional desert farmers to offer time-tried strategies including building greater moisture-holding capacity and nutrients in soils, protecting fields from damaging winds, drought and floods, reducing heat stress on crops and livestock and keeping pollinators in pace and in place with arid-adapted crop plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis practical book is replete with detailed descriptions and diagrams showing how to implement desert-adapted practices in your own backyard, orchard, or farm to mitigate the impact of these rapid changes. It also includes colorful “parables from the field” that exemplify how desert farmers think about increasing the carrying capacity and resilience of the lands and waters they steward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopyright 2013, softcover, 272 pages\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12519093665865,"sku":"7204","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1829\/3249\/products\/7204_1_47aa8f4c-74cc-43b6-9fdd-b2a0e3b0cd56.png?v=1571611623"},{"product_id":"hands-on-agronomy","title":"Hands-On Agronomy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe soil is more than just a substrate that anchors crops in place. An ecologically balanced soil system is essential for maintaining healthy crops. \u003cem\u003eHands-On Agronomy\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive manual on effective soil fertility management providing many on-farm examples to illustrate the various principles and how to use them. The function of micronutrients, earthworms, soil drainage, tilth, soil structure, and organic matter is explained in thorough detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeal Kinsey demonstrates that working with the soil produces healthier crops with a higher yield. To that end, he provides an understanding of eco-agriculture as a viable enterprise that is both naturally and commercially sustainable. This work offers advice that is both highly valuable and applicable to the farmer of any level and promotes an ecological understanding of the farm from the ground up.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCopyright 2013, softcover, 391 pages. 24 per case.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents for \u003cem\u003eHands-On Agronomy, \u003c\/em\u003eabbreviated\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofarmingdaily.com\/book-week-hands-agronomy\/\" title=\"Book excerpt from Chapter 1 of Hands-On Agronomy by Neal Kinsey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Farming Dilemma\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2- Cation-Anion Connection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3- The Hands-On Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4- Calcium, Magnesium \u0026amp; Tillage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5- Using the Nitrogen Cycle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12- An Introduction to Micronutrient Needs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13- Applications of Micronutrients\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14- Plant Tissue Analysis \u0026amp; Fertility\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e... and much more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Neal Kinsey\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1829\/3249\/files\/Neal_large.jpg?v=1548456211\" alt=\"Neal Kinsey\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeal Kinsey is a world-renowned soil consultant and technician, having practiced since 1973, when he completed a program of study developed and taught by Dr. William Albrecht. Neal Kinsey’s program is based on the system of providing soil nutrients to correctly treat the soil. Through his in-depth courses, he has trained hundreds of consultants and sophisticated growers in the methodology of soil element balancing utilizing cation exchange capacity. He specializes in building and maintaining soil for quality crop production. In addition to consulting on standard crops such as corn, cotton, soybeans, rice, wheat and grain sorghum, he has done the soil work on such specialties as wine and table grapes, coffee, alfalfa, pastures, clovers, oats, melons, almonds, turf grass and dozens of other crops around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLearn More\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRead from \u003cem\u003eHands-On Agronomy\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofarmingdaily.com\/book-week-hands-agronomy\/\" title=\"Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Hands-On Agronomy by Neal Kinsey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eexcerpt from Chapter 1 of Hands-On Agronomy on EcoFarming Daily\u003c\/a\u003e. It covers details on Neal Kinsey's background, including how he met Dr. William A. 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For nearly a century, it’s been illegal to grow industrial cannabis in the United States even though Betsy Ross wove the nation’s first flag out of hemp fabric, Thomas Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence on it, and colonists could pay their taxes with it. But as the prohibition on hemp’s psychoactive cousin winds down, one of humanity’s longest-utilized plants is about to be reincorporated into the American economy. Get ready for the newest billion-dollar industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, bestselling author Doug Fine embarks on a humorous yet rigorous journey to meet the men and women who are testing, researching, and pioneering hemp’s applications for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopyright 2014, softcover, 192 pages.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso from Doug Fine –\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"American Hemp Farmer by Doug Fine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acresusa.com\/products\/american-hemp-farmer\"\u003e American Hemp Farmer\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLearn How to Grow Hemp from Doug Fine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug Fine partnered with Acres U.S.A. to create his own Eco-Ag U Online course – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.acresusa.com\/courses\/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020\" title=\"A Grower's Guide to Regenerative Hemp - Doug Fine online course\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA Grower's Guide to Regenerative Hemp\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis course is a must for anyone who is new to the hemp industry, whether you are a current farmer looking to transition, or a new farmer looking to break into the exciting but hyper-competitive hemp marketplace. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.acresusa.com\/courses\/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020\" title=\"Learn more about Doug Fine's regenerative hemp course\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLearn more here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Author in His Own Words\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to \u003ca title=\"Tractor Time podcast with Doug Fine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofarmingdaily.com\/tractor-time-episode-33-doug-fine-hemp-bound\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eepisode 33 of our Tractor Time podcast\u003c\/a\u003e, in which \u003cem\u003eAcres U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e magazine editor Ben Trollinger interviews Doug Fine about his book, his farm, and his views on hemp production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12519102808137,"sku":"7312","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1829\/3249\/products\/hemp-bound_abc71e72-4d2f-4361-81cb-5ddca053d74c.png?v=1571611624"},{"product_id":"holistic-veterinary-care-dvd-ntsc","title":"Holistic Veterinary Care DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Hubert J. 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