| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 325 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Our sustainable future
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Our sustainable future.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325). |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable agriculture -- United States.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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United States. |
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Alternative agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Alternative agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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Alternative agriculture. |
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Farms, Small -- United States.
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Farms, Small. |
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Agriculture -- United States -- Forecasting.
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Agriculture. |
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Forecasting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Crisis and opportunity |
| Other Form: |
Print version. Ikerd, John E. Crisis & opportunity. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 9780803211421 (DLC) 2007036542 (OCoLC)172521658 |
| ISBN |
9780803217447 (electronic book) |
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0803217447 (electronic book) |
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1281241342 |
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9781281241344 |
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9780803211421 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0803211422 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5001 T312 .0020 -2008 |
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