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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817226503321

Autore

Warner Keith

Titolo

Agroecology in action : extending alternative agriculture through social networks / / Keith Douglass Warner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, c2007

ISBN

1-282-09815-2

9786612098154

0-262-28581-9

1-4294-5539-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Food, health, and the environment

Disciplina

577.5/50973

Soggetti

Agricultural ecology - United States

Agricultural innovations - United States

Alternative agriculture - United States

Agricultural ecology

Agricultural innovations

Alternative agriculture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Re-Thinking the Ecology of Industrial Agriculture -- 1 Rachel's Dream: Agricultural Policy and Science in the Public Interest -- 2 Agroecology in America: An Integrated System of Science and Farming -- 3 Cultivating the Agroecological Partnership Model -- 4 The Partners -- 5 The Practices -- 6 Agroecological Networks in Action -- 7 Circulating Agroecology -- 8 Public Mobilization -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.