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BL
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| Record Number
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702235
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b524424
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| Main Entry
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Ikerd, John E
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| Title & Author
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Crisis opportunity : : sustainability in American agriculture /\ John E. Ikerd
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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Our sustainable future
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| Page. NO
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xi, 325 p. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0803211422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780803211421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325)
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| Contents
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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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| Subject
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Agriculture-- United States-- Forecasting
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Alternative agriculture-- Economic aspects-- United States
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Farms, Small-- United States
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Sustainable agriculture-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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630.973
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| LC Classification
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S494.5.S86I38 2008
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S494.5.S86I38 2008
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| Parallel Title
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Crisis and opportunity
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