The conversion to sustainable agriculture
Subtitle: principles, processes, and practices
By: editors: Stephen R. Gliessman, Martha Rosemeyer.
Contributors: Gliessman, Stephen R.; Rosemeyer, Martha.
Series: Advances in agroecology; Advances in agroecology
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780849319174
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable agriculture -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The framework for conversion / Stephen R. Gliessman; title: What do we know about the conversion process? Yields, economics, ecological processes, and social issues / Martha E. Rosemeyer; title: The history of organic agriculture / Rachael J. Jamison and John H. Perkins; title: Northern Midwest (U.S.): farmers' views of the conversion process / Paul Porter, Lori Scott, and Steve Simmons; title: Pacific Northwest (U.S.): diverse movements toward sustainability amid a variety of challenges / Carol Miles ... [et al.]; title: California (U.S.): the conversion of strawberry production / Stephen R. Gliessman and Joji Muramoto; title: Ontario, Canada: lessons in sustainability from organic farmers / E. Ann Clark and Jennifer Sumner; title: Mexico: perspectives on organic production / María del Rocío Romero Lima; title: Mexico: traditional agriculture as a foundation for sustainability / Alba González Jácome; title: Cuba: a national-level experiment in conversion / Fernando Funes-Monzote; title: The European Union: key roles for institutional support and economic factors / Gloria I. Guzmán and Antonio M. Alonso; title: Japan: finding opportunities in the current crisis / Joji Muramoto, Kazumasa Hidaka, and Takuya Mineta; title: The Middle East: adapting food production to local biophysical realities / Avaz Koocheki; title: Australia: farmers responding to the need for conversion / David Dumaresq and Saan Ecker; title: Transforming the global food system / Stephen R. Gliessman.