02547nam a2200385 a 4500 vtls000049582 KUKTEM 20251117141507.0 m f d cr cnu---unuuu 110110t2008 nbu fob s000 0 eng d 9780803217447 (electronic bk.) 0803217447 (electronic bk.) 201107140050 VLOAD 201105181506 asmadi 201105181505 asmadi 201101101057 ida import 1.mrk 235 UMP S494.5.S86 I34 2008 Ikerd, John E. Crisis & opportunity [electronic resource] : sustainability in American agriculture / John E. Ikerd Crisis and opportunity Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 1 online resource (xi, 325 p.) Our sustainable future Title from ebook title page (viewed Nov. 04, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325) 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 Mode of access: Internet Sustainable agriculture United States Alternative agriculture Economic aspects United States Farms, Small United States Agriculture United States Forecasting Our sustainable future NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=219092 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 S494.5.S86 I34 2008 0000057045 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 EBOOK 634293014559499162 18199 18205 VIRTUA40 VTLSSORT0060*0070*0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2460*2600*3000*4900*5000*5040*5050*5380*6500*6501*6502*6503*8300*8560*9992