Against the grain: Book review
Against the grain: A deep history of the earliest states, by James C Scott, Yale university press, 2017 This book is an electrifying read for a farmer, or anyone who […]
Against the grain: A deep history of the earliest states, by James C Scott, Yale university press, 2017 This book is an electrifying read for a farmer, or anyone who […]
Did you know that soil erosion is one of the biggest threats to the survival of humankind? According to the experts, depletion and degradation of the soil brought about the […]
I recently added a book to my library: Flora of the Southern Western Ghats and Palnis: A Field Guide by Pippa Mukherjee, Niyogi Books. The two books on Indian wild […]
I read this book in almost one gulp. Very easy to read, with an engaging style, and I learnt a few things I didn’t know about trees. The central idea […]
Gangamma’s Gharial by Shalini Srinivasan, Puffin India. Okay, strictly speaking, this is fiction and not part of my ‘farming library‘. But if I needed an excuse – which I don’t, […]
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway, Chelsea Green Publishing. Although I’d attended a short course on permaculture when I first read this book, and was familiar […]
The Vision of Natural Farming by Bharat Mansata, Earthcare Books. This book is about the life, philosophy and practical insights of Bhaskar Save, a natural farmer in coastal Gujarat. As […]
The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka, Other India Press. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of […]