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The Seed Farmer

By (author) Daniel Brisebois
Categories: Sustainable agriculture

Save seeds, save money, and increase profit from your small-scale farm or market garden

The Seed Farmer is required reading for any grower who cares about being part of a truly sustainable local food system. ...

The Internet of Animals

An illuminating account of animal migration and the stunning new science that reveals the source of their infinite, untapped knowledge.

What do animals know that we don’t? Why do rats flee before an ...

Plundering the North

The manufacturing of a chronic food crisis

Food insecurity in the North is one of Canada’s most shameful public health and human rights crises. In Plundering the North, Kristin Burnett and Travis Hay ...

Dinner on Mars

“This culinary cosmic outing is as creative as it is informative.” — STARRED review, Publishers Weekly

From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge ...

Mon année martienne

By (author) Farah Alibay
Categories: Space exploration

Après avoir passé 687 jours les yeux levés vers la planète rouge, Farah Alibay partage ses découvertes fabuleuses. Le 18 février 2021, l'astromobile Perseverance atterrit sur Mars après avoir parcouru ...

Taming Fruit

By (author) Bernd Brunner
Translated by Lori Lantz
Categories: Botany and plant sciences

A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, perfect for readers of Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire. Throughout history, orchards have served many sacred purposes: they are sites ...

A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

By (author) Steven Earle
Categories: Climate change

A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth’s climate over 4. 6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming ...

The PS Royal William

By (author) Eileen Reid Marcil
Categories: Marine engineering

World trade was revolutionized in the 19th century when the propulsion of ships changed from sail to steam. Who built the first steamer to cross the Atlantic? When? Where? The answer lies in Canada. When ...

Hope Matters

Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. ...

Asa Johal and Terminal Forest Products

When the dust settled after the restructuring of the Canadian forest industry at the beginning of the 21st century and many of the major players such as MacMillan Bloedel, Doman Industries, and Slocan ...