Ikerd, John E. <br/><br/>
Crisis & opportunity  sustainability in American agriculture /  [electronic resource] : 
 Crisis and opportunity 
John E. Ikerd 
 - Lincoln :  University of Nebraska Press,  c2008 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 325 p.) 
 - Our sustainable future .
 - Our sustainable future .
<br/><br/> Title from ebook title page (viewed Nov. 04, 2009) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325) 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803217447 (electronic bk.) 0803217447 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sustainable agriculture--United States<br/>Alternative agriculture--Economic aspects--United States<br/>Farms, Small--United States<br/>Agriculture--Forecasting--United States