عنوان

Crisis & opportunity :

(Number (ISBN

0803211422 (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780803211421 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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b524424

Title Proper

Crisis & opportunity :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

sustainability in American agriculture /

First Statement of Responsibility

John E. Ikerd

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lincoln :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Nebraska Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 325 p. ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Series Title

Our sustainable future

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325)

Text of Note

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

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Crisis and opportunity

Agriculture-- United States-- Forecasting

Alternative agriculture-- Economic aspects-- United States

Farms, Small-- United States

Sustainable agriculture-- United States

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Edition

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Book number

Book number

Ikerd, John E

Date of Transaction

20080703125329.0

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[Book]

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