Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture (Our Sustainable Future)

by JohnE.Ikerd (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $28.68

  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. This collection describes what sustainable agriculture is, why it began, and how it can succeed.