| Description |
xi, 325 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Our sustainable future
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325). |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Sustainable agriculture -- United States.
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Alternative agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Farms, Small -- United States.
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Agriculture -- United States -- Forecasting.
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| Added Title |
Crisis and opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture |
| ISBN |
9780803211421 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0803211422 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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