Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture & the Cultivation of Sustainability

by Michael Mayerfeld Bell

Book Overview

It is easy to feel overwhelmed and depressed by all the threats facing modern agriculture--threats to the environment, to the health and safety of our food, to the economic and cultural viability of farmers and rural communities. Hundreds of thousands of farmers leave their farms every year as the juggernaut of "big agriculture" plows across our rural landscape. But there are viable alternatives to big agriculture, as many farmers and others involved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271023872
• ISBN13: 9780271023878
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"