Organic Struggle: The Movement for Sustainable Agriculture in the United States

by Brian K. Obach

Book Overview

An analysis of the successes and failures of the organic movement, focusing on coalition dynamics, movement-state relations, and market-based strategies for social change.

In the early 1970s, organic farming was an obscure agricultural practice, associated with the counterculture rather than commerce. Today, organic agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry; organic food can be found on the shelves of every supermarket in America...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026202909X
• ISBN13: 9780262029094
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher