Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming

By Gabriel Alonso De Herrera

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423601203
• ISBN13: 9781423601203
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Insights into traditional farming techniques of the Moors

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