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100 1  Cleveland, David Arthur.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n82203537 
245 10 Balancing on a Planet :|bThe Future of Food and 
       Agriculture /|cDavid A. Cleveland. 
264  1 Berkeley and Los Angeles, California :|bUniversity of 
       California Press,|c[2014] 
264  4 |c©2014 
300    1 online resource (xxvi, 320 pages) :|billustrations, 
       maps. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
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490 1  California studies in food and culture ;|v46 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 
       Preface: A Personal History; Acknowledgments; 
       Introduction; PART ONE: Agrifood Systems History and 
       Future; 1 Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and 
       Agriculture on Planet Earth; 2 Agricultural Revolutions; 3
       Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems; 4 
       Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases; PART TWO: 
       Moving toward Sustainable Agrifood Systems: A Balancing 
       Act; 5 Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and 
       Biotechnology; 6 Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The 
       Critical Role of Diversity. 
505 8  7 Managing People: The Common Property Option8 The Big 
       Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet; 9 
       The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems; Appendix 
       1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols; Appendix 2. 
       Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions; Notes; 
       References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; 
       N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
520    This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical 
       thinking and effective action for the future of our global
       agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system's
       biological and sociocultural roots. Key components of the 
       book are a thorough analysis of the assumptions underlying
       different perspectives on problems related to food and 
       agriculture around the world and a discussion of 
       alternative solutions. David Cleveland argues that 
       combining selected aspects of small-scale traditional 
       agriculture with modern scientific agriculture can help 
       balance our biological need for food with its e. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
650  0 Food industry and trade.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85050282 
650  0 Agricultural industries|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85002331|xEnvironmental aspects.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005383 
650  0 Sustainable agriculture|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh87004216|xEconomic aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov
       /authorities/subjects/sh99005484 
650  0 Food supply.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85050339 
650  7 Food industry and trade.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/930843 
650  7 Agricultural industries|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/800863 
650  7 Agricultural industries.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/800842 
650  7 Sustainable agriculture|xEconomic aspects.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1139714 
650  7 Sustainable agriculture.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1139712 
650  7 Food supply.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/931196 
655  4 Electronic books. 
655  7 Electronic books.|2local 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCleveland, David Arthur.|tBalancing on a
       planet|z9780520277410|w(DLC)  2013035775|w(OCoLC)840582119
830  0 California studies in food and culture ;|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00006023|v46. 
856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://
       search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&
       db=nlebk&AN=675367|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to 
       current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 
856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp://
       guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 
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