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From the ground up : rethinking industrial agriculture
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- Creator
- Peter Goering, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books ; Bristol ; Berkeley, CA : International Society for Ecology and Culture, 1993
- Physical Details
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- vii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781856492232, 1856492230, 9781856492249, 1856492249
- OCLC
- ocm28585067
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-118) and index.
- 1. The Context of Industrial Agriculture -- 2. New Seeds: Meeting Corporate Needs -- 3. Chemical Fertilisers: Artificial Abundance -- 4. Pesticides: The Deadly Solution -- 5. Animal Husbandry: Farm as Factory -- 6. Mechanisation The Technological Treadmill -- 7. The Bigger Picture -- 8. Biotechnology and 'Free' Trade: More of the Same -- 9. The Context of Ecological Agriculture -- 10. Learning from the Past -- 11. Techniques of Ecological Agriculture -- 12. Positive Trends -- 13. 'Counter-development' and New Ways Forward -- App. A. Leading the Way. Wendell Berry. Masanobu Fukuoka. John Jeavons. Wes Jackson. Biodynamics. Permaculture. Eco-Villages -- App. B. Contacts