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Farming in Nature's Image:

An Ecological Approach To Agriculture
  • ISBN-13: 9780933280885
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Judy Soule, By Jon Piper, Foreword by Wes Jackson
  • Price: AUD $97.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/1992
  • Format: Paperback 320 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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Farming in Nature's Image provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture.The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications of a new system of agriculture based on one unifying concept: that farms should mimic the ecosystems in which they exist. They present both theoretical and practical information, including: a review of the environmental degradation resulting from current farming practices a critical evaluation of the attempts to solve these problems a detailed description of the ecosystem perspective and the proposed new agricultural system a case study illustrating how this new system could be applied to temperate grain production using perennial seed crops and the prairie as a model an examination of the potential savings in energy and water use, as well as potential contributions to ecological experiments and yield analysis work from The Land Institute.Written in clear, non-technical language, this book will be of great interest to soil and agricultural scientists, academics, policymakers, environmentalists, and other concerned with finding long-range solutions to agricultural problems.
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
 
Chapter 1. Ecological Crises Of Modern Agriculture
Chapter 2. Roots Of The Crises
Chapter 3. An Ecological Perspective On Sustainability
Chapter 4. A New Agricultural Perspective: The Case For Ecological Agriculture
Chapter 5. The Feasibility Of A Prairielike Agriculture
Chapter 6. Culturing Sustainability
 
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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