本书是“北京市高等教育精品教材立项项目”成果,由北京林业大学和中国农业大学的相关老师共同编写,在传授农林英语知识和语言技能的同时,拓展学习者的农业观,介绍世界范围内大农业领域较新的信息,引发学习者对专业内新事物的关注,激发他们基于已有知识观察新事物,阐述观感,并试图启发他们的创新精神。
本书为大衣科院校高等职业学生学习英语编写,农、林、生物、环境等专业的学生均可使用。鉴于本书特点,本科生也可选用。

Unit 1 Organic Farming
Part I The Principles of Organic Agriculture
Part II Green Manuring
Unit 2 Soilless Cultivation
Part I Soilless Agriculture Helps Save Planet
Part II Hydroponically Grown Tomato
Unit 3 Gene Technology in Agriculture
Part I The Application of Transgenic Technology in Agriculture
Part II Genetic Engineering of Rice: Bt Rice
Unit 4 Ecological Footprint
Part I Ecological Footprint
Part II How Can We Reduce Our Ecological Footprint?
Unit 5 Food Safety
Part I Food Safety--A Global Problem
Part II Pesticides and Food: How We Test for Safety
Unit 6 Ecotourism
Part I Ecotourism
Part II Can China Embrace Ecotourism?
Unit 7 Vertical Farming
Part I Vertical Farming
Part II Top Issues of the Vertical Farm Tower
Unit 8 Bioenergy
Part I An Overview of Biomass Energy
Part II Biofuels
Unit 9 Remote Sensing
Part I Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Part II Applications of Remote Sensing to Conservation of Forest Ecosystems
Unit 10 Carbon Sequestration
Part I Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry
Part II Farmers Cashing in on Carbon Credits Contracts with Firms Aiming to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Vocabulary