The Keeney Place
Subtitle: a life in the heartland
By: Dennis R. Keeney ; foreword by Paul W. Johnson
Publisher: Levins Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780985397258
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture; Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; Biography
Description: "Through a nostalgic reflection of his Iowa farm upbringing, Professor Keeney takes the reader through his personal and professional journey of understanding the true meaning of agricultural change. Despite earning some of the highest honors bestowed by his profession, Dr. Keeney became increasingly disillusioned with industrial agriculture. Through his leadership at Iowa State University's Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, he regained his confidence in the future of a sustainable agricultural system that will replace today's factory farms"--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Growing up on an Iowa farm; title: Learning to be a scientist; title: On Wisconsin; title: The Leopold Center; title: Epilogue.