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John H. Vandermeer
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Three vignettes: setting the stage -- Constructivism and the evolution of agriculture -- Competition and facilitation among plants: intercropping -- Weeds, fire, and the plow -- Soils and the emergence of the industrial approach -- The biology of the soil and the emergence of an ecological vision -- The problem of pests-herbivory, disease ecology and biological control -- Biodiversity, imperialism, and agricultural landscapes -- Toward a sustainable future