Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- Title: Breaking new ground : a personal history / Lester R. Brown. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013] Description: 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm Summary: The environmentalist describes how he created a successful tomato business as a teenager, worked at the USDA, and founded two non-profit organizations that have drawn attention to climate change and lagging agricultural productivity. Subjects: Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- Worldwatch Institute -- Biography. Earth Policy Institute -- Biography. Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Breakthrough -- Early years: the Great Depression and World War II -- Growing tomatoes -- Ag science at Rutgers -- Life in the villages of India -- Monsoon failure in India -- Shifting gears: The Overseas Development Council -- The Worldwatch Institute: present at the creation -- Worldwatch: a world leader -- The food debate with China -- Earth Policy Institute: time for Plan B -- Reaching the world -- Reflections. LCCN: 2013013753 ISBN: 9780393240061 (hbk.) 0393240061 (hbk.) Other Number: 829738410 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 809644 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Brown Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
