Novedades

This book is on a mission to save the planet. According to Yale Environment 360, "Human activities are causing an alarming decline in biodiversity that is endangering food security, clean water, energy supplies, economies, and livelihoods." Raising and marketing heirloom vegetables provides a viable solution to that problem. This book makes the case that heirlooms are vital to the planet and that heirlooms can increase a small farm's profitability. This book details 15 reasons why heirlooms are superior to modern scientifically engineered vegetables, how to brand heirloom produce, and 22 ...

Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people develop impressive technical skills and ascend into the canopy.

For over two centuries, as rulers have risen and fallen and wars have raged, one majestic oak tree has lived out an epic drama. From germination in 1780 to adapting to the changing climate of the modern age, its struggles and triumphs took place far from human eyes. That is, until one day a young man named Laurent Tillon came across it, and a decades-long relationship began ... In this dazzling book, biodiversity expert Tillon narrates the story of the tree he calls Quercus