The conversion to sustainable agriculture principles, processes, and practices
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2010.
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| Series | Advances in agroecology ;
15. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781420003598 |
| Physical Description | x, 370 p. : ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- The framework for conversion / Stephen R. Gliessman
- What do we know about the conversion process? Yields, economics, ecological processes, and social issues / Martha E. Rosemeyer
- The history of organic agriculture / Rachael J. Jamison and John H. Perkins
- Northern Midwest (U.S.) : farmers' views of the conversion process / Paul Porter, Lori Scott, and Steve Simmons
- Pacific Northwest (U.S.) : diverse movements toward sustainability amid a variety of challenges / Carol Miles ... [et al.]
- California (U.S.) : the conversion of strawberry production / Stephen R. Gliessman and Joji Muramoto
- Ontario, Canada : lessons in sustainability from organic farmers / E. Ann Clark and Jennifer Sumner
- Mexico : perspectives on organic production / María del Rocío Romero Lima
- Mexico : traditional agriculture as a foundation for sustainability / Alba González Jácome
- Cuba : a national-level experiment in conversion / Fernando Funes-Monzote
- The European Union: key roles for institutional support and economic factors / Gloria I. Guzmán and Antonio M. Alonso
- Japan : finding opportunities in the current crisis / Joji Muramoto, Kazumasa Hidaka, and Takuya Mineta
- The Middle East : adapting food production to local biophysical realities / Avaz Koocheki
- Australia: farmers responding to the need for conversion / David Dumaresq and Saan Ecker
- Transforming the global food system / Stephen R. Gliessman.