Crisis & Opportunity Sustainability in American Agriculture

Name: Crisis & Opportunity Sustainability in American Agriculture
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ISBN: 9780803211421

ISBN-10: 0803211422

ISBN-13: 9780803211421

Edition: 2008

Authors: John E. Ikerd

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With the decline of family farms and rural communities and the rise of corporate farming and the resulting environmental degradation, American agriculture is in crisis. But this crisis offers the opportunity to rethink agriculture in sustainable terms. Here one of the most eloquent and influential proponents of sustainable agriculture explains what this means. These engaging essays describe what sustainable agriculture is, why it began, and how it can succeed. Together they constitute a clear and compelling vision for rebalancing the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of agriculture to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future. nbsp; InCrisis and Opportunity,…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.49" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

John E. Ikerd is professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri. He is the author ofSustainable Capitalism,A Return to Common Sense, andSmall Farms are Real Farms.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture



The Industrialization of American Agriculture



Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture



Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms



The Corporatization of America



New Hope for the Future of Farming



Rediscovering Agriculture and New Hope for Farming



Farming in Harmony with Nature and Society



Reclaiming the Sacred in Food and Farming



Principles of Sustainable Agriculture



Do We Really Need to Define Sustainable Agriculture?



Foundational Principles of Soils, Stewardship, and Sustainability



Economics of Sustainable Farming



The Renaissance of Rural America



The New American Farmer



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



Creating Sustainable Food and Farming Systems



The Real Costs of Globalization



Redirecting Government Policies for Agricultural Sustainability



The New American Food System



American Agriculture After Fossil Energy


Notes