Wildly successful farming : sustainability and the new agricultural land ethic / Brian DeVore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeVore, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture--Middle West.

Sustainable agriculture.

Alternative agriculture--Middle West.

Alternative agriculture.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects--Middle West.

Agriculture.

Agricultural landscape management--Middle West.

Agricultural landscape management.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Middle West.

Physical Description:

xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]

Summary:

Wildly Successful Farming tells the stories of farmers across the American Midwest who are balancing profitability and food production with environmental sustainability and a passion for all things wild. They are using innovative techniques and strategies to develop their "wildly" successful farms as working ecosystems. Whether producing grain, vegetables, fruit, meat, or milk, these next-generation agrarians look beyond the bottom line of the spreadsheet to the biological activity on the land as key measures of success. Written by agricultural journalist Brian DeVore, the book is based on interviews he has conducted at farms, wildlife refuges, laboratories, test plots, and gardens over the past twenty-five years. He documents innovations in cover cropping, managed rotational grazing, perennial polyculture, and integrated pest management. His accounts provide insight into the impacts regenerative farming methods can have on wildlife, water, landscape, soils, and rural communities and suggest ways all of us can support wildly successful farmers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.

ISBN:

9780299318802

029931880X

OCLC:

1029774196

Publisher Number:

99978270403