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Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture
- Title
- Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / John E. Ikerd.
- Author
- Ikerd, John E.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008], ©2008.
- Supplementary Content
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| Text | Request in advance | S494.5.S86 I38 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 325 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Crisis and Opportunity 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 a sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Our sustainable future
- Uniform Title
- Our sustainable future.
- Alternative Title
- Crisis and opportunity
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325).
- Contents
- 1. Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture -- Pt. 1. The Industrialization of American Agriculture -- 2. Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture -- 3. Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms -- 4. The Corporatization of America -- Pt. 2. 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 -- Pt. 3. 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 Fanning -- 11. The Renaissance of Rural America -- Pt. 4. 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 -- Pt. 5. 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.
- ISBN
- 9780803211421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0803211422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007036542
- 40015308963
- OCLC
- ocn172521658
- 172521658
- SCSB-5399414
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries