The Fatal Harvest Reader

Author : Andrew Kimbrell
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781597262804
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fatal Harvest Reader written by Andrew Kimbrell and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fatal Harvest takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. It gathers together more than forty essays by leading ecological thinkers including Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, David Ehrenfeld, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, and Gary Nabhan. Providing a unique and invaluable antidote to the efforts by agribusiness to obscure and disconnect us from the truth about industrialized foods, it demostrates that industrial food production is indeed a "fatal harvest"--fatal to consumers, fatal to our landscapes, fatal to genetic diversity, and fatal to our farm communities. As it exposes the ecological and social impacts of industrial agriculture's fatal harvest, Fatal Harvest details a new ecological and humane vision for agriculture. It shows how millions of people are engaged in the new politics of food as they work to develop a better alternative to the current chemically fed and biotechnology-driven system. Designed to aid the movement to reform industrial agriculture, Fatal Harvest informs and influences the activists, farmers, policymakers, and consumers who are seeking a safer and more sustainable food future.

Author : Andrew Kimbrell
Publisher : Foundation for Deep Ecology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fatal Harvest written by Andrew Kimbrell and published by Foundation for Deep Ecology. This book was released on 2002 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designed to be an invaluable aid to the activists, farmers, policy makers and consumers fighting for a more sustainable food system."--Cover.

Author : John E. Ikerd
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803217447
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crisis and Opportunity written by John E. Ikerd and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Here one of the most eloquent and influential proponents of sustainable agriculture explains what this means. These engaging essays describe what sustainable agriculture is, why it began, and how it can succeed. Together they constitute a clear and compelling vision for rebalancing the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of agriculture to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future. In Crisis and Opportunity, John E. Ikerd 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 sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society.

Author : Gary S. Kleppel
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925776
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emergent Agriculture written by Gary S. Kleppel and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local, diverse and resilient – the new culture of food Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening the very earth and water on which we depend. However, this dominant system, from which Americans obtain most of their food, is being slowly supplanted by a new paradigm. The Emergent Agriculture is a collection of fourteen thematic essays on sustainability viewed through the lens of farming. Arguing that industrial food production is incompatible with the realities of nature, science, and ethics, this lyrical narrative makes the case for a locally based food system which is: Stable in the face of economic uncertainty Resilient in the face of environmental variability Grounded in stewardship of the land, on attaching value to food and the craft involved in producing it, and on respecting the dignity of farmers, consumer,s and livestock A revolution in food production is underway. Written from the vantage point of an ecologist who is also a farmer, The Emergent Agriculture is essential reading for anyone interested in food security and the potential for growing local economies. Food for thought about the future of food. Gary Kleppel is a professor of biology at the SUNY Albany, where he focuses on sustainable agriculture, conservation-based grazing, and the ecology of human-dominated landscapes. He and his wife Pam are owners of Longfield Farm, where they produce grass-fed lamb, wool, free range chickens and eggs, and artisanal breads

Author : Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher : Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Harvest of Bones written by Yasmine Galenorn and published by Nightqueen Enterprises LLC. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's harvest time in Chiqetaw, Washington; Emerald O'Brien's favorite season. But this year, nature yields a most supernatural bounty. When Em and her sweetie, Joe, stumble over a bramble-covered foundation that has remained hidden for fifty years in the lot next door, strange events begin to occur. The cat vanishes. Will o' the Wisps threaten to harm Emerald and her loved ones. And the ghost of a woman named Brigit and her beloved calico make themselves at home in the backyard. Now it's up to Em and her friends to delve into the past, reveal the secrets of the dead and lay them to rest as they ring in the autumn with a harvest of bones. Keywords: Paranormal mystery, cozy mystery, cats, ghosts, Kickass women, tea, china, magic, formidable foes, bikers, Pacific North West, single mother, Tea shop, small town, strong women, strange happenings, amazing best friends, strong relationships, magical items, amateur detective, paranormal, relatable mc

Author : Andrew Kimbrell
Publisher : Foundation for Deep Ecology
ISBN 13 : 9781559639415
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fatal Harvest Reader written by Andrew Kimbrell and published by Foundation for Deep Ecology. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designed to be an invaluable aid to the activists, farmers, policy makers and consumers fighting for a more sustainable food system."--cover.

Author : Andrew H. Malcolm
Publisher : Signet
ISBN 13 : 9780451157829
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Final Harvest written by Andrew H. Malcolm and published by Signet. This book was released on 1987-06-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a September day in 1983, debt-ridden Minnesota farmer Jim Jenkins gunned down the Buffalo Ridge Bank officials who had repossessed his farm, and three days later took his own life. Dan Rather of CBS News calls this "an important book", which "runs through your emotions like a combine". Serialized in the New York Times Magazine, this true crime story will be seen on CBS-TV as a mini-series this spring.

Author : Akira Yoshimura
Publisher : HarperVia
ISBN 13 : 9780156011471
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Parole written by Akira Yoshimura and published by HarperVia. This book was released on 2000-10-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After sixteen years in prison, Kikutani is released into a world he no longer recognizes. He must adjust to the intensity of Tokyo while living with the memory of his crime. Akira Yoshimura charts the psychology of a quiet man as he negotiates through the traumas of freedom: finding a job, a place to live, even something as simple as buying an alarm clock. Kikutani takes comfort in the numbing repetition of the chicken farm where he works, only to be drawn inexorably back to the scene of the murder. As Yoshimura's carefully crafted plot swings in ever tightening arcs, we are drawn toward a shattering, perhaps inescapable conclusion."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Lynda Drews
Publisher : Titletown Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780982000922
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Run at Destruction written by Lynda Drews and published by Titletown Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deeply immersed in the close-knit culture of long-distance running, Pam and Bob Bulik were avid competitors. To all appearances, they were also a happily married couple, devoted to each other and their two young children. Then Bob made a fateful decision. He began an extramarital affair that led to his wife's tragic death and to one of the most sensationalized and heavily attended trials in Green Bay's history." --Cover.

Author : Michael D'Antonio
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atomic Harvest written by Michael D'Antonio and published by Crown. This book was released on 1993 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Casey Ruud raised questions about the concerns of people like nearby farmer Tom Bailie, and eventually went public with facts and figures on faulty plant designs, poor maintenance, sloppy engineering practices, and mismanagement.