This new volume explores a wide variety of topics in modern agriculture. From the use of big data and new technologies for monitoring water levels and weather,

This volume examines the factors currently affecting agriculture on a global scale. Land use, soil quality, and the inherent production of greenhouse gasses by

Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture is a scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wi

This highly readable and up-to-date history provides an informative critique of the causes and consequences of the modern agricultural revolution, since the agr

Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humankind today, as