Alternative agriculture
By: Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods in Modern Production Agriculture, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.).  Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods in Modern Production Agriculture.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Agricultural systems  -- United States.; Agricultural ecology  -- United States.; Agriculture  -- Economic aspects  -- United States.; Agriculture and state  -- United States.; Agricultural systems  -- United States  -- Case studies.
Description: Case studies of eleven farming operations across the United States test the economic impacts of alternative agricultural practices such as integrated pest management, crop rotation, manure management, low-density animal production systems, and crop diversification. Impact of U.S. federal regulations and policies on alternative farming is also considered.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.