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The fatal harvest reader, the tragedy of industrial agriculture, edited by Andrew Kimbrell

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index

index present

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The fatal harvest reader

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edited by Andrew Kimbrell

the tragedy of industrial agriculture

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

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