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Civic agriculture : reconnecting farm, food, and community /
"Lyson describes how, in the course of a hundred years, a small-scale, diversified system of farming became an industrialized system of production and also how this industrialized system has gone global. He argues that farming in the United States was modernized by employing the same techniques...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Medford, Massachusetts : Lebanon, NH :
Tufts University Press ; University Press of New England,
[2004]
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| Colección: | Civil society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Lyson describes how, in the course of a hundred years, a small-scale, diversified system of farming became an industrialized system of production and also how this industrialized system has gone global. He argues that farming in the United States was modernized by employing the same techniques and strategies that transformed the manufacturing sector from a system of craft production to one of mass production. Viewing agriculture as just another industrial sector led to transformations in both the production and the processing of food. As small farmers and food processors were forced to expand, merge with larger operations, or go out of business, they became increasingly disconnected from the surrounding communities. Lyson enumerates the shortcomings of the current agriculture and food systems as they relate to social, economic, and environmental sustainability. He then introduces the concept of community problem solving and offers empirical evidence and concrete examples to show that a re-localization of the food production system is underway"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 136 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611683035 1611683033 1283896184 9781283896184 |