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The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems /

Title
The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems / edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2002.
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Additional Authors
  • Jackson, Dana L.
  • Jackson, Laura L.
Description
xii, 297 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Foreword / Nina Leopold Bradley -- Introduction / Laura L. Jackson and Dana L. Jackson -- pt. 1. Agriculture as ecological sacrifice. The farm as natural habitat / Dana L. Jackson. Nature's backlash / Brian A. DeVore. The farm, the nature preserve, and the conservation biologist / Laura L. Jackson -- pt. 2. Restoring nature on farms. Return to Coon Valley / Arthur S. (Tex) Hawkins. Reading the land together / Wellington (Buddy) Huffaker. When farmers shut off the machinery / Brian A. DeVore. Stewards of the wild / Brian A. DeVore. Why do they do it? / Brian A. DeVore -- pt. 3. Ecosystem management and farmlands. Nature and farming in Britain / Heather J. Robertson and Richard G. Jefferson. Restoring prairie processes to farmlands / Laura L. Jackson. Sustaining production with biodiversity / Nicholas R. Jordan. Conservation and agriculture as neighbors / Judith D. Soule. Integrating wetland habitat with agriculture / Carol Shennan and Collin A. Bode -- pt. 4. Steps toward agroecological restoration. Composing a landscape / Rhonda R. Janke. After the deluge: integrated watershed management in the Red River Valley / Cheryl Miller. A refined taste in natural objects / Beth E. Waterhouse. Food and biodiversity / Dana L. Jackson. Agriculture as a public good / George M. Boody.
ISBN
  • 155963846X (alk. paper)
  • 9781559638463 (alk. paper)
  • 1559638478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781559638470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002002902
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library