Sustainability: Agriculture
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Agriculture in urban planning : generating livelihoods and food securityCall Number: TK1087 .C45 2009ISBN: 1844076687This volume, by the world's leading experts on urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security.
Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture by Call Number: Electronic formatISBN: 0803211422With the decline of family farms and rural communities and the rise of corporate farming and the resulting environmental degradation, American agriculture is in crisis. But this crisis offers the opportunity to rethink agriculture in sustainable terms. Here one of the most eloquent and influential proponents of sustainable agriculture explains what this means.
Technological change in agriculture : locking in to genetic uniformity by Call Number: Electronic formatISBN: 0312227515It is well known that modern agricultural techniques are ecologically damaging. This book seeks to understand why, when we have known this for so long, such techniques continue to be used and developed, even when viable alternatives are available. It argues that agriculture has evolved because we have become "locked in" to the cultivation of crops that are increasingly uniform, and therefore vulnerable.
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- Changing Nature: Population and Environment at a CrossroadsThis program examines how urbanization, industrialization, and overreaching agriculture are depleting the Earth of its natural resources. Citing environmental changes in Morocco, Ghana, Ukraine, Mexico, and Vietnam, the program studies the impact of population growth and profiles organizations that respond to ecological crises stemming from such growth.
- Clean Food, Organic AgricultureAlthough more than 12,000 organic farms operate in the United States, increasing demand for organically grown food requires substantial imports from abroad. This program delves into the world of sustainable, eco-friendly agriculture; it also highlights advances that should eventually enable all Americans to “act locally” when they shop for organic food.
- Seeds of Change: A Case Study of Sustainable Development in ChinaAs the video shows, sustainable ecological improvement must be linked to economic improvement for farmers whose very lives hang in the balance of such plans. Filmed largely in China’s Yunnan province, Seeds of Change visits the farmers who switch from growing crops on the riverbanks to forest-based agriculture.
- Transforming Food: A Global Look at Genetic Modification
While the debate over genetically modified foods is far from settled, a growing number of food producers are taking a GM-friendly approach. This program presents arguments in favor of GM technology and suggests ways in which it can boost crop yields and reduce global hunger.