Organic struggle : the movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States / Brian K. Obach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obach, Brian K. (Brian Keith), author.

Series:

Food, health, and the environment.

Food, health, and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic farming--United States.

Organic farming.

Sustainable agriculture--United States.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Organic Struggle' analyzes the evolution of the sustainable agriculture movement in the United States and evaluates its achievements and shortcomings. It traces the development of organic farming from its roots in the 1940s through its embrace by the 1960s counterculture to its mainstream acceptance and development into a multi-billion dollar industry.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Birth of the Organic Movement; 3 Certification and the State: The Dilemmas of Growth; 4 The Organic Coalition: United and Divided; 5 Are We Better Off? Movement Achievements and the Threat from Big Organic; 6 Searching for Social Justice; 7 Strategic Innovation: The Three Trajectories of the Organic Movement; 8 The Road Not Taken and the Road Ahead; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32831-3

0-262-32830-5

OCLC:

908839684