Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming [Hardcover]

Gabriel Alonso De Herrera (Author), Bryan Romero (Illustrator), Juan Estevan Arellano (Introduction)

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Hardcover: 168 pages
Publisher: Ancient City Press; 1 edition (Sep 15 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1423601203
ISBN-13: 978-1423601203
Product Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.2 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #879,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #99 in Books > Science > Agricultural Sciences > History

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<P>The Art of Agriculture is the first English edition of Obra de Agricultura by Gabriel Alonso de Herrera, an agriculture instruction manual originally written in Granada, Spain, in 1513 and published there in 1539. Herrera, widely considered the Father of Modern Spanish Agriculture, wrote this treatise nearly five centuries ago, thoughtfully recounting traditional farming techniques of the Moors before their expulsion from Spain, the Spanish colonizers in the early 1600s, and the rural Indo-Hispano bioregion spanning northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. </P>

About the Author

Juan Estevan Arellano (New Mexico) is a farmer whose family has lived in New Mexico since 1725. He won the 1994 Premio Nacional de Literatura Jose Fuentes Mares prize for his novel Inocencio.

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LAND IS THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS, and because of the great benefits derived from it we call it "mother." Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Insights into traditional farming techniques of the Moors, Nov 5 2006

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This review is from: Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming (Hardcover)

It'd be tempting to place this survey under 'Home and Garden' for this review - but really, ANCIENT AGRICULTURE: ROOTS AND APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING deserves so much more. It'll reach an audience of farmers, gardeners, and history buffs with the first English translation of Obra de Agricultura, offering an early agricultural instruction manual originally written in Spain in 1513 - and holding importance for modern times. Here are insights into traditional farming techniques of the Moors before their expulsion from Spain: techniques which hold surprising relevance to modern farmers facing global warming and water shortages.

Diane C. Donovan

California Bookwatch

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