Books by Brian and Lynne Chatterton
THE PULCINI PRESS
COLLECTION
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DISCOVERING OIL - Tales from an olive grove in Umbria. By Brian and Lynne Chatterton |
PULCINI PRESS
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A practical guide to growing olives in the Mediterranean, southern Australia and New Zealand. This book covers all the operations in the grove including pruning, picking and landcare. It is based on our own experiences in restoring an abandoned grove in Umbria. There are also chapters on processing and the quality of olive oil. |
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RED HERRINGS By Lynne Chatterton |
PULCINI PRESS
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Lynne Chatterton gives us glimpses of her life as she progressed from a small outback town in Australia where she grew vines and oranges to a small farm in Umbria where she and her husband Brian now live and produce olive oil. Life on the land has been a constant in this journey. The Chattertons have protested farming interests as farmers themselves, represented farmers in government, helped Arab farmers to find a better way of farming in the Middle East and North Africa and championed the cause of farmers in the international agencies. But this is not a book just about farming - it is a reflection on change and its consequences. Fate has many surprises in store for us all - this is an account of one life and a chain of event that created many challenges. |
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ROOSTERS AND FEATHER DUSTERS By Brian Chatterton |
PULCINI PRESS
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A witty and ironical account of Brian's life in politics beginning as a humble back bencher in the Legislative Council of South Australia and progressing to Minister of Agriculture. Brian's political career began under Don Dunstan and progressed or perhaps more accurately declined under his successors. This is not a tale of Ministerial pomp and circumstance but a memoir which begins with the hopes and disappointments of an aspiring candidate, examines the limitations of Ministerial power and finally asks if there is life after politics? |
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GROWING OLIVES AND PRODUCING OIL By Brian Chatterton An ebook on CD |
PULCINI PRESS
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Everything you wanted to know about olive growing in an easy to use ebook. The scores of photos makes operations such as pruning and picking easy to understand. There are sections on marketing and the problems facing small growers. Processing and quality are included. |
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DRYLAND FARMING ORGANISATION IN WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA By Brian Chatterton A free web site: http://www.drylandfarming.org & an ebook on CD |
Why is agricultural production in West Asia and North Africa falling even further behind other regions with similar climates? Why is soil erosion and land degradation continuing at an alarming rate? The site gives some answers but more importantly provides an alternative farming system that will increase farmers profits while reducing the impact on the environment - both in terms of soil erosion and energy usage The Zaghouan 4 rotation is particularly suited to small farmers unable to afford mechanisation yet unable to compete without it. | |
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The Pulcini Press Collection of books and ebook is available from retail outlets in Australia, New Zealand and Britain. For details of how to purchase books in the collection contact Brian Chatterton by email: blchatterton@tiscalinet.it or by Tel or Fax +390763837186 |
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OTHER BOOKS
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BRIAN and LYNNE CHATTERTON
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SUSTAINABLE DRYLAND FARMING Combining farmer innovation and medic pasture in a Mediterranean climate By Lynne Chatterton and Brian Chatterton |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the West Asia and North Africa region. The farming system introduced with the great development wave of the 1950's is proving unsustainable. Innovative farmers in similar climates in Australia discovered solutions to the challenges of the Mediterranean climate. Why have attempt to transfer this knowledge foundered? Can experts really understand the practical problems of farming? This book pulls apart the warp and weft of development on dryland farms to try to find some answers to these questions. |
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FODDERS FOR THE NEAR EAST: ANNUAL MEDIC PASTURES By Brian and Lynne Chatterton |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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In spite of the numerous and unforgivable typing errors and poor layout this book contain much useful information on medic pasture. It is however a little dated as it was published in 1989 and the Dryland Farming Organisation web site provides more recent information. |
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WHY GROW MEDIC? ESTABLISHING A MEDIC PASTURE GRAZING MANAGEMENT AND THE SEED RESERVE CEREALS AND MEDIC IN ROTATION Script by Brian and Lynne Chatterton Photos Florita Botts |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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These are a series of four training kits for farmers in West Asia and North Africa. The script is available in English, Arabic and French. The English version is available on the www.drylandfarming.org web site (see above) |
