Breaking New Ground
Subtitle: a personal history
By: Lester R. Brown
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780393240061
Subjects: Environmentalists; Worldwatch Institute; Earth Policy Institute; Biography
Description: The environmentalist describes how he created a successful tomato business as a teenager, worked at the USDA, and founded two non-profit organizations that have drawn attention to climate change and lagging agricultural productivity.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Breakthrough; title: Early Years: the Great Depression and World War II; title: Growing Tomatoes; title: Ag Science at Rutgers; title: Life in the Villages of India; title: Monsoon Failure in India; title: Shifting Gears: The Overseas Development Council; title: The Worldwatch Institute: Present at the Creation; title: Worldwatch: A World Leader; title: The Food Debate with China; title: Earth Policy Institute: Time for Plan B; title: Reaching the World; title: Reflections.