Crisis and opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / / John E. Ikerd
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| Autore: |
Ikerd John E
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| Titolo: |
Crisis and opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / / John E. Ikerd
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 630.973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable agriculture - United States |
| Alternative agriculture - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Farms, Small - United States | |
| Agriculture - United States - Forecasting | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crisis and opportunity |
| ISBN: | 9786611241346 |
| 9781281241344 | |
| 1281241342 | |
| 9780803217447 | |
| 0803217447 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910969549603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Our Sustainable Future