Growing food in a hotter, drier land : lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting a grip on climate change: crossing the threshold into chronic climatic disruption of food security -- Seeking inspiration and solutions from the time-tried strategies found in the world's deserts -- Will harvest rain and organic matter for food: catching runoff as conventionally irrigated agriculture collapses -- Bringing water home to the root zone: getting more efficient at irrigation delivery -- Breaking the fever: reducing heat stress in crops and livestock -- Increasing the moisture-holding capacity and microbial diversity of food-producing soils -- Forming a fruit and nut guild that can take the heat -- When terraces are edged with succulents and herbaceous perennials -- Getting out of the drought: intercropping quick-maturing vegetables and grains in placed-based polycultures -- Getting in sync: keeping pollinators in pace and in place with arid-adapted crop plants.