Emergent Agriculture Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy

Name: Emergent Agriculture Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy
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ISBN: 9780865717732

ISBN-10: 0865717737

ISBN-13: 9780865717732

Edition: 2014

Authors: Gary S. Kleppel, John Ikerd

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Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change, and threatening the very earth and water on which we depend. However this dominant system, from which Americans obtain most of their food, is being slowly supplanted by a new paradigm.The Emergent Agriculture is a collection of fourteen thematic essays on sustainability viewed through the lens of farming. Arguing that industrial food production is incompatible with the realities of nature, science, and ethics, this lyrical narrative makes the case for a locally based food…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English