Crisis and Opportunity - Sustainability in American Agriculture

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1、oursustainablefutureSeriesEditorsCharlesA.FrancisUniversityofNebraska–LincolnCorneliaFloraIowaStateUniversityPaulA.OlsonUniversityofNebraska–LincolnCRISIS&OPPORTUNITYSustainabilityinAmericanAgriculturejohne.ikerdUniversityofNebraskaPress

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3、tsoftheUniversityofNebraska.Allrightsreserved.ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericalibraryofcongresscataloging-in-publicationdataIkerd,JohnE.Crisisandopportunity:sustainabilityinAmericanagriculture/JohnE.Ikerd.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferences.isbn-13:978-0-8032-1142-1(

4、pbk.:alk.paper)1.Sustainableagriculture—UnitedStates.2.Alternativeagriculture—Economicaspects—UnitedStates.3.Farms,Small—UnitedStates.4.Agriculture—UnitedStates—Forecasting.I.Title.s494.5.s86i382008630.973—dc222007036542SetinJansonbyBobReitz.DesignedbyA.Shahan.ContentsPreface

5、viiAcknowledgmentsxi1.CrisisandOpportunityinAmericanAgriculture1PARTONETheIndustrializationofAmericanAgriculture212.WhyWeShouldStopPromotingIndustrialAgriculture233.CorporateAgricultureandFamilyFarms334.TheCorporatizationofAmerica45PARTTWONewHopefortheFutureofFarming615.Redis

6、coveringAgricultureandNewHopeforFarming636.FarminginHarmonywithNatureandSociety737.ReclaimingtheSacredinFoodandFarming81PARTTHREEPrinciplesofSustainableAgriculture938.DoWeReallyNeedtoDefineSustainableAgriculture?959.FoundationalPrinciplesofSoils,Stewardship,andSustainability10

7、310.EconomicsofSustainableFarming12211.TheRenaissanceofRuralAmerica140PARTFOURTheNewAmericanFarmer15712.WalkingtheTalkofSustainableAgriculture15913.SurvivalStrategiesforSmallFarms17714.MarketingintheNichesforSustainability19315.LocalOrganicFarmsSaveFarmlandandCommunities20716

8、.TheTripleBottomLineofFarmingintheFuture224PARTFIVECreatingSustainableFoodandFarmingSystems24117.TheRealCostsofGlobalization24318.RedirectingGovernmentPoliciesforAgriculturalSustainability26019.TheNewAmericanFoodSystem27420.AmericanAgricultureAfterFossilEnergy293Notes313Prefa

9、ceTheessaysinthiscollectionhavebeenwrittenoverthespanofmorethanadeca