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Agroecology in action : extending alternative agriculture through social networks / Keith Douglass Warner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warner, Keith.
- Series:
- Food, health, and the environment.
- Food, health, and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural ecology--United States.
- Agricultural ecology.
- Agricultural innovations--United States.
- Agricultural innovations.
- Alternative agriculture--United States.
- Alternative agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, c2007.
- Summary:
- Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Re-Thinking the Ecology of Industrial Agriculture
- 1 Rachel's Dream: Agricultural Policy and Science in the Public Interest
- 2 Agroecology in America: An Integrated System of Science and Farming
- 3 Cultivating the Agroecological Partnership Model
- 4 The Partners
- 5 The Practices
- 6 Agroecological Networks in Action
- 7 Circulating Agroecology
- 8 Public Mobilization
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09815-2
- 9786612098154
- 0-262-28581-9
- 1-4294-5539-X
- OCLC:
- 123132341
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