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1 online resource (342 pages)
ISBN:
9780803217447
Serie:
Our Sustainable Future
Inhalt:
In Crisis and Opportunity, John E. Ikerd outlines the consequences of agricultural industrialization, then details the methods that can restore economic viability, ecological soundness, and social responsibility to our agricultural system and thus ensure sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture -- Part One: The Industrialization of American Agriculture -- 2. Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture -- 3. Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms -- 4. The Corporatization of America -- Part Two: New Hope for the Future of Farming -- 5. Rediscovering Agriculture and New Hope for Farming -- 6. Farming in Harmony with Nature and Society -- 7. Reclaiming the Sacred in Food and Farming -- Part Three: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture -- 8. Do We Really Need to Define Sustainable Agriculture? -- 9. Foundational Principles of Soils, Stewardship, and Sustainability -- 10. Economics of Sustainable Farming -- 11. The Renaissance of Rural America -- Part Four: The New American Farmer -- 12. Walking the Talk of Sustainable Agriculture -- 13. Survival Strategies for Small Farms -- 14. Marketing in the Niches for Sustainability -- 15. Local Organic Farms Save Farmland and Communities -- 16. The Triple Bottom Line of Farming in the Future -- Part Five: Creating Sustainable Food and Farming Systems -- 17. The Real Costs of Globalization -- 18. Redirecting Government Policies for Agricultural Sustainability -- 19. The New American Food System -- 20. American Agriculture After Fossil Energy -- Notes.
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ISBN 9780803211421
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Print version Crisis and Opportunity : Sustainability in American Agriculture
Sprache:
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