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Field Guide to California Agriculture
Paul StarrsPeter Goin
出版Univ of California Press, 2010-07-06
主題Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
ISBN05202654329780520265431
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H98kDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Anyone who travels California's byways sees the many faces of agriculture. A huge entwined business, farming and ranching are the state's dominant land use. Yet few Californians understand what animals and crops are raised or how agriculture reflects our relationship with nature. This fascinating and gorgeously illustrated field guide gathers essential information about agriculture and its environmental context, and answers the perennial question posed by California travelers: ÒWhat is that, and why is it growing here?Ó Paul F. Starrs's lively text explores the full range of the state's agriculture, deftly balancing agribusiness triumphalism with the pride of boutique producers, sketching meanwhile the darker shadows that can envelop California farming. Documented with diverse maps and Peter Goin's insightful photographs, A Field Guide to California Agriculture captures the industry's energy and ingenuity and its wildly diverse iconography, from the mysteries of forbidden crops (like marijuana) to the majesties of scale in food production.