The Next Green Revolution: Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9781560228851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 312 str.

James E. Horne; Maura McDermott

Opis

Here is an easy-to-read, practical introduction to sustainable agriculture: what it means and why it is needed. It is the first book to synthesize the goals of sustainable agriculture into eight comprehensive steps. This essential volume presents a convincing critique of our current agricultural system and an introduction to an alternative system which gives more consideration to future generations. The Next Green Revolution is a well-researched introduction to the field, written with a minimum of jargon.To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. On Trial: Industrial Agriculture
• Indictment I
• Indictment II
• Indictment III
• The Solution
• Chapter 2. The Remedy: Sustainable Agriculture
• Nature versus Industry
• The Sustainable Era
• What Is Sustainable?
• Down to Earth: Eight Steps to the Next Green Revolution
• Chapter 3. Down to Earth: Step 1—Create and Conserve Healthy Soil
• Not Just Dirt
• The Good Earth
• Healing the Soil
• Chapter 4. Clear, Clean Water: Step 2—Conserve Water and Protect Its Quality and Step 3—Manage Organic Wastes to Avoid Pollution
• Washing the Water
• Don't Drink Up the Pond
• Manage Organic Wastes to Avoid Pollution
• Don't Waste the Waste
• Chapter 5. Think Local: Step 4—Select Plants and Animals Adapted to the Environment
• Agroecology
• Battling the Hill
• The Right Cow for the Right Grass
• Think Local
• Chapter 6. All Creatures Great and Small: Step 5—Encourage Biodiversity
• Stewards of Life
• Endangered at Home
• Terminator Tech
• Chapter 7. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Step 6—Manage Pests with Minimal Environmental Impact
• From Conception Until Death
• The Killing Fields
• The Chemical Treadmill
• It's Nature's Way
• The Team Approach
• Interactions
• Chapter 8. Power: Step 7—Conserve Nonrenewable Energy Resources
• Agriculture's Achilles' Heel
• Low-Input Farming
• Chapter 9. Money: Step 8—Increase Profitability and Reduce Risk
• A Penny Saved
• A Penny Earned
• Ecological Economics
• Chapter 10. Two Roads
• Attachment to the Local Community and Care for the Surrounding Land
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Raymond P Poincelot, Jim Horne, Maura Mcdermott