Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming

De Herrera, Gabriel Alonso

ISBN 10: 1423601203 / ISBN 13: 9781423601203

Published by Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1423601203
• ISBN 13: 9781423601203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

GABRIEL ALONSO DE HERRERA, considered the father of modern-day Spanish agriculture, lived in central Spain from the time of his birth, in the 1470s, until his death, around 1540. He learned about agriculture from working in the fields of Talavera de la Reina with his father, in Granada with the Moors, studying Spanish Arabic and classical Roman texts on the subject, and traveling extensively throughout Europe.
JUAN ESTEVAN ARELLANO, a journalist and farmer native to northern New Mexico, has roots reaching back to the 1725 settlement of the Embudo Valley. A poet and novelist as well, he is the 1994 recipient of Mexico's Premio Nacional de Literatura Jose Fuentes Mares prize.