Revaluing Horticultural Skills : The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food.
Revaluing Horticultural Skills : The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food.
Revaluing Horticultural Skills : The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food.
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Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
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English
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1 online resource (240 pages)
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The value of horticultural work -- Why we need to revalue horticultural skills -- Horticultural skills devalued -- Agricultural exceptionalism and exceptionally bad...
More seasonal workers - for now -- Who picks for Britain today? -- What about skill? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Knowing Good Growing -- What does it take to grow a plant? Connecting inward and outward worlds -- Tending plants by attending to conditions -- Space, air and light - Assembling...
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Publisher
Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
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1st ed.
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2024.
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Summary
This book highlights the value and skill of horticultural work through stories of food cultivation. It examines the difficulties that arise from the perception that this type of activity is unskilled and the importance of acknowledging the expertise involved in growing food.
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Revaluing Horticultural Skills : The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food.
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Critical Food Studies
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9781032251202
1032251204
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©2025.
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74VKLqeEaLAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKLqeEaLAl
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ISBN
104017647X
9781040176443
1040176445
9781003281689
1003281680
9781040176474
DDC
338.1
MMS ID
991024649898702626
