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Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / John E. Ikerd

Author
Ikerd, John E.
Additional Titles
Crisis and opportunity
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 325 pages).
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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.
Summary
In Crisis and Opportunity, John E. Ikerd outlines the consequences of agricultural industrialization, then details the methods that can restore economic viability, ecological soundness, and social responsibility to our agricultural system and thus ensure sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society.
Report Numbers
JSTOR purchased
U5001 T312 .0020 -2008
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ISBN
9780803217447 (electronic bk.)
0803217447 (electronic bk.)
1281241342
9781281241344
9780803211421 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0803211422 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325).
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