Food for Everyone: The Mittleider Method / Mittleider, Jacob R; Nelson, Andrew / (HB/1973-1973/B+/USED)

The rare combination of the drive and talents of Jacob Mittleider and Dr. Andrew N. Nelson has resulted in the coauthorship of this volume. It will be hailed by many as a practical contribution to making food production highly efficient. Eager hands, outstretched in many lands, await the appearance of this book. It presents in layman's language a synthesis of the best techniques in scientific food production.

Demonstrations in New Guinea, Fiji, and Okinawa have proved that the Mittleider method can not only transform unproductive lands, but also greatly increase crop yield in productive areas. It is an accomplishment to be able to grow quality plants anywhere, but it is a science to grow them in large quantities and to market them economically at prices that all can afford to pay.

Table of Contents

1. THE BIG CHALLENGE
2. THE MITTLEIDER GARDENING PROGRAM
3. WINTER GARDENING IN SNOWY OREGON
4. TROPICAL GARDENING
5. THE MITTLEIDER PLAN OF ACTION
6. REEMPHASIZING FOOD PRODUCTION
7. THE FASCINATING WORLD OF PLANTS
8. THE PARTS OF A PLANT AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
9. RAISING ATTRACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE GARDENS
10. WHY PLANTS STARVE
11. THE SOIL
12. SOIL WATER
13. OXYGEN AND SOIL AIR
14. THE EROSION PROBLEM
15. THE SOIL pH-ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY
16. TESTING THE SOIL
17. CARBON, A MACRONUTRIENT
18. NITROGEN, A MACRONUTRIENT
19. PHOSPHORUS, A MACRONUTRIENT
20. POTASSIUM, A MACRONUTRIENT
21. CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM, MACRONUTRIENTS
22. THE MICRONUTRIENTS OR TRACE ELEMENTS
23. SULFUR, A MICRONUTRIENT
24. BORON, A MICRONUTRIENT
25. MANGANESE, A MICRONUTRIENT
26. IRON, A MICRONUTRIENT
27. MOLYBDENUM, A MICRONUTRIENT
28. COPPER, A MICRONUTRIENT
29. ZINC, A MICRONUTRIENT
30. SODIUM, A MICRONUTRIENT
31. CHLORINE, A MICRONUTRIENT
32. REVIEW OF PLANT NUTRITION
33. WHAT ARE COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS?
34. INORGANIC VERSUS ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
35. FOLIAR SPRAYING
36. GREEN-MANURE AND COVER CROPS
37. ANIMAL MANURE
38. TOXIC ELEMENTS IN THE SOIL
39. FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT
40. FERTILIZER ECONOMICS
41. SETTLING THE WEED PROBLEM
42. CROP QUALITY
43. THE VITAL CLASSROOM THEORY
44. THE TEACHER IN THE FIELD WITH HIS STUDENTS
45. RESULTS-IMPERIAL VALLEY STYLE
46. RESULTS WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR OWN
47. RESULTS WHEN THE PROGRAM IS DEVIATED FROM
48. MARKETING
49. FRUITS, GRAINS, NUTS, AND VEGETABLES
50. PLANT SELECTION AND IMPROVEMENT
51. THE GARDENER'S ABC PROGRAM OF PROCEDURE
52. THE PROGRAM FOR THE ACREAGE GARDENER
53. PLANT FOOD IN THE DIET
54. MODERNIZING PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
55. FROM MILE-HIGH NEW GUINEA TO SEA-LEVEL FIJI
56. SUPERVISORY TOURS
57. WHAT ABOUT COSTS?
58. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GREENHOUSE
59. THE GREENHOUSE IN THE NEW GUINEA DEMONSTRATIONS
60. FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FROM NINE-MONTH MITTLEIDER COURSE
61. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MITTLEIDER INSTITUTES
62. MANKIND CAN BE FED
63. THE CHALLENGE OF OKINAWA
64. CONCLUSION

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