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Ikerd, John E.

Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / John E. Ikerd.

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.

xi, 325 pages ; 22 cm.

"Crisis and Opportunity outlines the consequences of agricultural industrialization, then details the methods that can restore economic viability, ecological soundness, and social responsibility to our agricultural system and thus ensure a sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society."--Jacket.

Our sustainable future

Our sustainable future.

Sustainable agriculture -- United States.

Alternative agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.

Farms, Small -- United States.

Agriculture -- United States -- Forecasting.

Crisis and opportunity

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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