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Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Ikerd, John E. |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 2008 |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | Table of Contents: Crisis and opportunity in American agriculture -- Why we should stop promoting industrial agriculture -- Corporate agriculture and family farms -- The corporatization of America -- Rediscovering agriculture and new hope for farming -- Farming in harmony with nature and society -- Reclaiming the sacred in food and farming -- Do we really need to define sustainable agriculture? -- Foundational principles of soils, stewardship, and sustainability -- Economics of sustainable farming -- The renaissance of rural America -- Walking the talk of sustainable agriculture -- Survival strategies for small farms -- Marketing in the niches for sustainability -- Local organic farms save farmland and communities -- The triple bottom line of farming in the future -- The real costs of globalization -- Redirecting government policies for agricultural sustainability -- The new American food system -- American agriculture after fossil energy. |
| Page Count | 325 |
| ISBN | 9780803211421 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Publisher Place | Lincoln |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Agriculture Alternative Agriculture Economic Aspects Small Farms Forecasting Sustainable Agriculture United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sustainable agriculture--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Alternative agriculture--Economic aspects--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Farms, Small--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Agriculture--United States--Forecasting |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | S494.5.S86 I38 2008 |
| Alternative Title | Crisis and opportunity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
