Crisis & Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture

by John E. Ikerd

Book Overview

With the decline of family farms and rural communities and the rise of corporate farming and the resulting environmental degradation, American agriculture is in crisis. But this crisis offers the opportunity to rethink agriculture in sustainable terms. Here one of the most eloquent and influential proponents of sustainable agriculture explains what this means. These engaging essays describe what sustainable agriculture is, why it began, and how it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803211422
• ISBN13: 9780803211421
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"