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The next green revolution : essential steps to a healthy, sustainable agriculture / James E. Horne, Maura McDermott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horne, James E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable agriculture--United States.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Food Products Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. On Trial: Industrial Agriculture 1
- Chapter 2. The Remedy: Sustainable Agriculture 33
- Nature versus Industry 38
- The Sustainable Era 48
- What Is Sustainable? 55
- Down to Earth: Eight Steps to the Next Green Revolution 62
- Chapter 3. Down to Earth: Step 1
- Create and Conserve Healthy Soil 67
- Not Just Dirt 68
- The Good Earth 76
- Healing the Soil 84
- Chapter 4. Clear, Clean Water: Step 2
- Conserve Water and Protect Its Quality and Step 3
- Manage Organic Wastes to Avoid Pollution 95
- Washing the Water 103
- Don't Drink Up the Pond 109
- Manage Organic Wastes to Avoid Pollution 114
- Don't Waste the Waste 122
- Chapter 5. Think Local: Step 4
- Select Plants and Animals Adapted to the Environment 133
- Agroecology 135
- Battling the Hill 139
- The Right Cow for the Right Grass 143
- Think Local 149
- Chapter 6. All Creatures Great and Small: Step 5
- Encourage Biodiversity 155
- Stewards of Life 160
- Endangered at Home 165
- Terminator Tech 172
- Chapter 7. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Step 6
- Manage Pests with Minimal Environmental Impact 177
- From Conception Until Death 179
- The Killing Fields 182
- The Chemical Treadmill 189
- It's Nature's Way 192
- The Team Approach 196
- Interactions 201
- Chapter 8. Power: Step 7
- Conserve Nonrenewable Energy Resources 211
- Agriculture's Achilles' Heel 214
- Low-Input Farming 218
- Chapter 9. Money: Step 8
- Increase Profitability and Reduce Risk 229
- A Penny Saved 235
- A Penny Earned 240
- Ecological Economics 245
- Chapter 10. Two Roads 251
- Attachment to the Local Community and Care for the Surrounding Land 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1560228857
- 1560228865
- OCLC:
- 44885343
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