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		<title>Deeply Rooted by Lisa Hamilton</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author and photographer Lisa Hamilton features three farmers who decide eschew conventional agriculture for methods they (and we) view as healthier for people and the planet. The value of this book is in the more realistic evaluation of forgoing conventional practices. Namely, running an organic farm, or simply refusing to use conventional pesticides, makes life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David Montgomery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author David Montgomery accomplishes quite a feat with his 2007 work, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. He takes a potentially mundane topic, dirt, and transforms it into an entertainingly educational trip through history. As the name implies, societies throughout history rely on little more than their land&#8217;s ability to produce food. In fact, as the author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hooked by G. Bruce Knecht</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Viarsa, a fishing vessel registered in Uruguay but owned in Spain, has loaded up on illegally caught Patagonian toothfish (commonly called Chilean Sea Bass), and is now on the run. In pursuit is Southern Supporter, a Fisheries and Patrol vessel belonging to the Australian government. Unarmed and unsure how to proceed, Southern Supporter decides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stolen Harvest by Vandana Shiva</title>
		<link>http://www.farmbrarian.com/2010/03/20/book-review-stolen-harvest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monumental shift in agriculture from local food economies to food supplies driven by gross domestic product and corporate profit gave rise to the modern food movement. Many now understand the frightening implications for our own health and that of and our communities. Mostly, the topic is contemplated with a strictly western perspective, even though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal by Joel Salatin</title>
		<link>http://www.farmbrarian.com/2009/10/29/everything-i-want-to-do-is-illegal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Salatin is the famed owner of Polyface Farms located in Virginia and widely featured in the sustainable agriculture movement.  Author Michael Pollan featured Polyface in his best-selling book The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma, which contrasted Salatin&#8217;s idyllic method of agriculture with more industrial, less earth-friendly agribusiness; and the documentaries Fresh and Food, Inc. also spotlight Polyface [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Our Food Comes From by Gary Paul Nabhan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where Our Food Comes From traces the path of Nikolay Vavilov, a Russian scientist who embarked on a mission to collect and store seeds from around the world. According to Nabhan, Vavilov was the first to fully articulate the connections between food diversity, health and food security&#8211;all of which are hot topics in agriculture and [...]]]></description>
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