The go-to book on organics. An invaluable and accessible source of information on the agronomic, nutritional, political, and economic dimensions of organic food and agriculture. Lisa Markowitz, University of Louisville, USA
List of IllustrationsList of contributorsForeword by Jeff Moyer (Executive Director, Rodale Institute)AcknowledgmentsOrganic Food, Farming and Culture: IntroductionJanet Chrzan (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Jacqueline Ricotta (Delaware Valley University, USA)Part I: Organic Farming: A History1. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic FarmerThe History of the "New" OrganicsJoseph Heckman (Rutgers University, USA) and Mark Keating (Independent Scholar)2. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food AnthropologistTraditional Intensive Organic FarmingE.N. Anderson (University of California, Riverside, USA)3. Profile: Chef Steven EckerdOrganics and the Environmental MovementKathleen Delate (Iowa State University, USA) and Robert Turnbull (Iowa State University, USA)Part II: Organics in Practice4. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic FarmerThe Agronomics of Organic FarmingJacqueline A. Ricotta (Delaware Valley University, USA)5. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic FarmerThe Organic Dairy Industry: How Markets, Standards, and Technology Lead to Changes on the Farm and Throughout the Supply ChainAdam Diamond (American University, USA)6. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food AnthropologistGoing Organic: A Critical Analysis of the Potential for Organic Farming in EthiopiaBernhard Freyer (The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria) and Jim Bingen (Michigan State University, USA)7. Profile: Erika Tapp, a Concerned Consumer Organic in the Global North: A Revival of Organic Ethics for a More Sustainable Food SystemMilena Klimek, Valentin Fiala, Bernhard Freyer (The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria), and Jim Bingen (Michigan State University, USA)8. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned Consumer Consumers, Citizens, and the Participatory Processes on Organic Food: Two Case Studies from DenmarkNiels Heine Kristensen (Roskilde University , Denmark) and Mette Weinreich Hansen (Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark)Part III: Organic Food Values: Sustainability and Social Movements9. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food AnthropologistFarming for Food or Farming for Profits?Paul Durrenberger (Independent Scholar) (Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, USA) and Suzan Erem (Independent Scholar) (Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, USA)10. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned ConsumerHealth Consequences and Perceptions of Organic Foods: A Synthesis of the Scientific EvidencePreety Gadhoke (St. John's University, USA) and Barrett P. Brenton (St. John's University, USA)11. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned ConsumerCan Organic Farming Feed the World?Janet Chrzan (University of Pennsylvania, USA)12. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food AnthropologistThe Transcendental Meanings of Organic FoodRichard H. Robbins (SUNY Plattsburgh, USA)Part IV: Organic Food Systems: Choice and Culture13. Profile: Chef Steven EckerdInstitutionalizing Organics: A Practical Consideration of Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Foods in Noncommercial Foodservice and (note: move to end of line above)Foodservice EducationJonathan Deutsch (Drexel University, USA) and Budd Cohen (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA)14. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic FarmerMarketing Organic Food in the United StatesChristina Callicott (University of Florida, USA) and Catherine M. Tucker (University of Florida, USA)15. Profile: Chef Steven EckerdIs There Really a Difference between Conventional, Organic, and GMO?John T. Lang (Occidental College, USA)16. ConclusionE. N. Anderson, Jacqueline Ricotta, and Janet ChrzanIndex
Janet Chrzan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.Jacqueline A. Ricotta is Professor of Horticulture at Delaware Valley University, USA.