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100 _aKimbrell Andrew
245 _aThe fatal harvest reader : The tragedy of industrial agriculture
260 _aWashington D C
_bIsland Press
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300 _a369p
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365 _b$16.95
505 _aContents; Prologue \ Douglas Tompkins Acknowledgements Introduction \ Andrew Kimbrell PART I. Corporate Lies: Busting the Myths of Industrial Agriculture Chapter 1. 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 PART II. The Agrarian and Industrial Worldviews Chapter 2. 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-Rodge -Farming in Nature's Image: Natural Systems Agriculture \ Wes Jackson Chapter 3. 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. litis PART III. Industrial Agriculture's Toxic Trail Chapter 4. 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 Ill - Nuclear Lunch: The Dangers and Unknowns of Food Irradiation \ Michael Colby Chapter 5. 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 PART IV. Organic & Beyond: Revisioning Agriculture for the 21st Century Chapter 6. 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 Chapter 7. Going Organic & Beyond -Uncle Ben: Coin' 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 to Agriculture \ Daniel Imhoff Afterword Hope \ Wendell Berry Contributors Selected References and Readings Organizational Resources Index
650 _a1. Industrial Agricultural System - Impact - Helath - U S A 2. Industrial Agricultural Impact - Environment - U S A 3. Industrial Agricultural Impact - Farm Communities - U S A4. Industrial Agricultural Impact - Ecology - U S A
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