The Resource The fatal harvest reader : the tragedy of industrial agriculture, edited by Andrew Kimbrell
The fatal harvest reader : the tragedy of industrial agriculture, edited by Andrew Kimbrell
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- Summary
- The large-format book Fatal Harvest takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. The Fatal Harvest Reader brings together in a compact paperback edition the essays included in Fatal Harvest, offering a concise overview of the failings of industrial agriculture and approaches to creating a more healthful and sustainable food system.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 369 pages
- Contents
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- pt. 1. Corporate lies: busting the myths of industrial agriculture. Seven deadly myths of industrial agriculture : Myth one: Industrial agriculture will feed the world ; Myth two: Industrial food is safe, healthy, and nutritious ; Myth three: Industrial food is cheap ; Myth four: Industrial agriculture is efficient ; Myth five: Industrial food offers more choices ; Myth six: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife ; Myth seven: Biotechnology will solve the problems of industrial agriculture
- pt. 2. The agrarian and industrial worldviews. I. Understanding the agrarian ethic. The whole horse: the preservation of the agrarian mind / Wendell Berry
- Agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature / Joan Iverson Nassauer
- Global monoculture: the worldwide destruction of diversity / Helena Norberg-Hodge
- Farming in nature's image: natural systems agriculture / Wes Jackson
- II. Understanding industrial agriculture. Hard times for diversity / David Ehrenfeld
- Machine logic: industrializing nature and agriculture / Jerry Mander
- Industrial agriculture's war against nature / Ron Kroese
- The impossible race: population growth and the fallacies of agricultural hope / Hugh H. Iltis
- pt. 3. Industrial agriculture's toxic trail. I. Technological takeover. Artificial fertility: the environmental costs of industrial fertilizers / Jason McKenney
- Hidden dimensions of damage: pesticides and health / Monica Moore
- Untested, unlabeled, and you're eating it: the health and environmental hazards of genetically engineered food / Joseph Mendelson III
- Nuclear lunch: the dangers and unknowns of food irradiation / Michael Colby
- II. Ecological impacts. Tilth and technology: The industrial redesign of our nation's soils / Peter Warshall
- Water: the overtapped resource / Mark Briscoe
- Our forgotten pollinators: protecting the birds and the bees / Mrill Ingram, Stephen Buchmann, and Gary Nabhan
- Can agriculture and biodiversity coexist? / Catherine Badgley
- Wildlife health / Kelley R. Tucker
- pt. 4. Organic & beyond: revisioning agriculture for the 21st century. I. Name the enemy. The end of agribusiness: dismantling the mechanisms of corporate rule / Dave Henson
- Intellectual property: enhancing corporate monopoly and bioserfdom / Hope J. Shand
- Globalization and industrial agriculture / Debi Barker
- II. Going organic & beyond. Uncle Ben: goin' organic just like we used to / Jim Hightower
- Organics at the crossroads: the past and the future of the organic movement / Michael Sligh
- The ethics of eating: why environmentalism starts at the breakfast table / Alice Waters
- Fully integrated food systems: regaining connections between farmers and consumers / Rebecca Spector
- Community food security: a promising alternative to the global food system / Andrew Fisher
- Eco-labels: promoting alternatives in the marketplace / Betsy Lydon
- Farming with the wild: A conservation approach / Daniel Imhoff
- Hope / Wendell Berry
- Isbn
- 9781559639415
- Label
- The fatal harvest reader : the tragedy of industrial agriculture
- Title
- The fatal harvest reader
- Title remainder
- the tragedy of industrial agriculture
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Andrew Kimbrell
- Subject
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- Agricultural ecology
- Agricultural ecology
- Agricultural ecology -- United States
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Agriculture biologique
- Agro-industrie
- Aspects socio-économiques
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Effets sur l'environnement
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Indicateurs de santé
- Intensivlandwirtschaft
- Organic farming
- Organic farming
- Organic farming -- United States
- Sécurité alimentaire
- Umweltschaden
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The large-format book Fatal Harvest takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. The Fatal Harvest Reader brings together in a compact paperback edition the essays included in Fatal Harvest, offering a concise overview of the failings of industrial agriculture and approaches to creating a more healthful and sustainable food system.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 630/.2/77
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- S589.75
- LC item number
- .F379 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- S589.75
- NAL item number
- .F379 2002
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Kimbrell, Andrew
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agriculture
- Agricultural ecology
- Organic farming
- Agriculture
- Agricultural ecology
- Organic farming
- Agro-industrie
- Effets sur l'environnement
- Indicateurs de santé
- Agriculture biologique
- Sécurité alimentaire
- Aspects socio-économiques
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Agricultural ecology
- Agriculture
- Organic farming
- United States
- Intensivlandwirtschaft
- Umweltschaden
- Label
- The fatal harvest reader : the tragedy of industrial agriculture, edited by Andrew Kimbrell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Corporate lies: busting the myths of industrial agriculture. Seven deadly myths of industrial agriculture : Myth one: Industrial agriculture will feed the world ; Myth two: Industrial food is safe, healthy, and nutritious ; Myth three: Industrial food is cheap ; Myth four: Industrial agriculture is efficient ; Myth five: Industrial food offers more choices ; Myth six: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife ; Myth seven: Biotechnology will solve the problems of industrial agriculture -- pt. 2. The agrarian and industrial worldviews. I. Understanding the agrarian ethic. The whole horse: the preservation of the agrarian mind / Wendell Berry -- Agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature / Joan Iverson Nassauer -- Global monoculture: the worldwide destruction of diversity / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Farming in nature's image: natural systems agriculture / Wes Jackson -- II. Understanding industrial agriculture. Hard times for diversity / David Ehrenfeld -- Machine logic: industrializing nature and agriculture / Jerry Mander -- Industrial agriculture's war against nature / Ron Kroese -- The impossible race: population growth and the fallacies of agricultural hope / Hugh H. Iltis -- pt. 3. Industrial agriculture's toxic trail. I. Technological takeover. Artificial fertility: the environmental costs of industrial fertilizers / Jason McKenney -- Hidden dimensions of damage: pesticides and health / Monica Moore -- Untested, unlabeled, and you're eating it: the health and environmental hazards of genetically engineered food / Joseph Mendelson III -- Nuclear lunch: the dangers and unknowns of food irradiation / Michael Colby -- II. Ecological impacts. Tilth and technology: The industrial redesign of our nation's soils / Peter Warshall -- Water: the overtapped resource / Mark Briscoe -- Our forgotten pollinators: protecting the birds and the bees / Mrill Ingram, Stephen Buchmann, and Gary Nabhan -- Can agriculture and biodiversity coexist? / Catherine Badgley -- Wildlife health / Kelley R. Tucker -- pt. 4. Organic & beyond: revisioning agriculture for the 21st century. I. Name the enemy. The end of agribusiness: dismantling the mechanisms of corporate rule / Dave Henson -- Intellectual property: enhancing corporate monopoly and bioserfdom / Hope J. Shand -- Globalization and industrial agriculture / Debi Barker -- II. Going organic & beyond. Uncle Ben: goin' organic just like we used to / Jim Hightower -- Organics at the crossroads: the past and the future of the organic movement / Michael Sligh -- The ethics of eating: why environmentalism starts at the breakfast table / Alice Waters -- Fully integrated food systems: regaining connections between farmers and consumers / Rebecca Spector -- Community food security: a promising alternative to the global food system / Andrew Fisher -- Eco-labels: promoting alternatives in the marketplace / Betsy Lydon -- Farming with the wild: A conservation approach / Daniel Imhoff -- Hope / Wendell Berry
- Control code
- ocm49225301
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 369 pages
- Isbn
- 9781559639415
- Lccn
- 2002002661
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o49225301
- (OCoLC)49225301
- Label
- The fatal harvest reader : the tragedy of industrial agriculture, edited by Andrew Kimbrell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Corporate lies: busting the myths of industrial agriculture. Seven deadly myths of industrial agriculture : Myth one: Industrial agriculture will feed the world ; Myth two: Industrial food is safe, healthy, and nutritious ; Myth three: Industrial food is cheap ; Myth four: Industrial agriculture is efficient ; Myth five: Industrial food offers more choices ; Myth six: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife ; Myth seven: Biotechnology will solve the problems of industrial agriculture -- pt. 2. The agrarian and industrial worldviews. I. Understanding the agrarian ethic. The whole horse: the preservation of the agrarian mind / Wendell Berry -- Agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature / Joan Iverson Nassauer -- Global monoculture: the worldwide destruction of diversity / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Farming in nature's image: natural systems agriculture / Wes Jackson -- II. Understanding industrial agriculture. Hard times for diversity / David Ehrenfeld -- Machine logic: industrializing nature and agriculture / Jerry Mander -- Industrial agriculture's war against nature / Ron Kroese -- The impossible race: population growth and the fallacies of agricultural hope / Hugh H. Iltis -- pt. 3. Industrial agriculture's toxic trail. I. Technological takeover. Artificial fertility: the environmental costs of industrial fertilizers / Jason McKenney -- Hidden dimensions of damage: pesticides and health / Monica Moore -- Untested, unlabeled, and you're eating it: the health and environmental hazards of genetically engineered food / Joseph Mendelson III -- Nuclear lunch: the dangers and unknowns of food irradiation / Michael Colby -- II. Ecological impacts. Tilth and technology: The industrial redesign of our nation's soils / Peter Warshall -- Water: the overtapped resource / Mark Briscoe -- Our forgotten pollinators: protecting the birds and the bees / Mrill Ingram, Stephen Buchmann, and Gary Nabhan -- Can agriculture and biodiversity coexist? / Catherine Badgley -- Wildlife health / Kelley R. Tucker -- pt. 4. Organic & beyond: revisioning agriculture for the 21st century. I. Name the enemy. The end of agribusiness: dismantling the mechanisms of corporate rule / Dave Henson -- Intellectual property: enhancing corporate monopoly and bioserfdom / Hope J. Shand -- Globalization and industrial agriculture / Debi Barker -- II. Going organic & beyond. Uncle Ben: goin' organic just like we used to / Jim Hightower -- Organics at the crossroads: the past and the future of the organic movement / Michael Sligh -- The ethics of eating: why environmentalism starts at the breakfast table / Alice Waters -- Fully integrated food systems: regaining connections between farmers and consumers / Rebecca Spector -- Community food security: a promising alternative to the global food system / Andrew Fisher -- Eco-labels: promoting alternatives in the marketplace / Betsy Lydon -- Farming with the wild: A conservation approach / Daniel Imhoff -- Hope / Wendell Berry
- Control code
- ocm49225301
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 369 pages
- Isbn
- 9781559639415
- Lccn
- 2002002661
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o49225301
- (OCoLC)49225301
Subject
- Agricultural ecology
- Agricultural ecology
- Agricultural ecology -- United States
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Agriculture biologique
- Agro-industrie
- Aspects socio-économiques
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Effets sur l'environnement
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Indicateurs de santé
- Intensivlandwirtschaft
- Organic farming
- Organic farming
- Organic farming -- United States
- Sécurité alimentaire
- Umweltschaden
- United States
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