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The Virtues Of Ignorance : Complexity, Sustainability, And The Limits Of Knowledge

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edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
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Book, University Press of Kentucky, 2008
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(automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Agriculture · Philosophy · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable development · Philosophy and science · Nature and civilization · Conservation of natural resources · Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) · Vitek, William, 1957- · Jackson, Wes
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(UPPER LEVEL) S494.5.P485 V57 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	S494.5.P485 V57 2008	AVAILABLE

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Peak Everything : Waking Up To The Century Of Declines

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Richard Heinberg
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Book, New Society Publishers, 2007
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The twenty-first century ushered in an era of declines, in a number of crucial parameters: Global oil, natural gas, and coal extraction Yearly grain harvests Climate stability Population Economic growth Fresh water Minerals and ores, such as copper and platinum To adapt to this profoundly different world, we must begin now to make radical changes to our attitudes, behaviors, and expectations. This latest book from Richard Heinberg, author of three of the most important books on Peak Oil, touches on the most important aspects of the human condition at this unique moment in time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Human ecology · Social history · 21st century · Sustainable agriculture · Energy conservation · Heinberg, Richard
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(LOWER LEVEL) GF41 .H444 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GF41 .H444 2007	AVAILABLE

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Feeding People Is Easy

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Colin Tudge
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Book, Pari, 2007
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The book argues that it is possible to feed the world, forever, without damaging the environment or cruelty to animals. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sustainable agriculture · Food supply · Tudge, Colin
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(UPPER LEVEL) S494.5.S86 T83 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	S494.5.S86 T83 2007	AVAILABLE

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Voices From The Forest : Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Sustainable Upland Farming

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Malcolm Cairns, editor
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Book, Resources for the Future, 2007
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This handbook of locally based agricultural practices brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. More than 100 scholars from 19 countries — including agricultural economists, ecologists, and anthropologists — collaborated in the analysis of different fallow management typologies, working in conjunction with hundreds of indigenous farmers of different cultures and a broad range of climates, crops, and soil conditions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Traditional farming · Shifting cultivation · Sustainable agriculture · Fallow lands · Indigenous peoples · Ecology · Forest degradation · Forest conservation · Cairns, Malcolm
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(LOWER LEVEL) GN407.4 .V65 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GN407.4 .V65 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Future Of Food

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Lily Films presents ; directed, produced and written by Deborah Koons Garcia ; produced by Catherine Lynn Butler
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Video, Special ed, Lily Films, 2004
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- Related resources
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Genetically modified foods · Agricultural biotechnology · Agriculture · Economic aspects · Environmental aspects · Agriculture and politics · Agriculture and state · Food supply · Government policy · Organic farming · Sustainable agriculture · LAMSON LIBRARY DVD · Garcia, Deborah Koons · Butler, Catherine Lynn · Maamouri, Sara · Lily Films
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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) TP248.65.F66 F88 AVAILABLE

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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN)	TP248.65.F66 F88	AVAILABLE

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From The Farm To The Table : What All Americans Need To Know About Agriculture

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Gary Holthaus
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Book, University Press of Kentucky, 2006
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- Table of contents only
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In From the Farm to the Table, over forty farm families from America’s heartland detail the practices and values that relate to their land, work, and communities. The swift approval of genetically modified crops by the federal government, the formation of huge agricultural conglomerates, and the devastating environmental effects of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides are just a few issues buffeting family farms. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Agriculture · United States · Farmers · Anecdotes · Sustainable agriculture · Holthaus, Gary H., 1932-
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(UPPER LEVEL) S441 .H65 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	S441 .H65 2006	AVAILABLE

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The Power Of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

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Community Service Inc. ; written and produced by Faith Morgan, Eugene ‘Pat’ Murphy, Megan Quinn ; directed by Faith Morgan
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Video, Community Service, Inc, 2006
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“This is the story of how “Cuba transitioned from large, fossil fuel intensive farming to small, less energy-intensive organic organic farms and urban gardens..” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sustainable agriculture · Cuba · Sustainable development · Energy conservation · Renewable energy sources · Energy consumption · Economic conditions · 1990- · LAMSON LIBRARY DVD · Morgan, Faith · Murphy, Eugene · Quinn, Megan · Community Service, Inc
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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) HC152.5.Z65 P6 2006 AVAILABLE

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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN)	HC152.5.Z65 P6 2006	AVAILABLE

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Maya Children : Helpers At The Farm

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Karen L. Kramer
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Book, Harvard University Press, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Kramer’s findings–in particular, that the children of Xculoc begin to produce more than they consume long before they marry and leave home–have a number of interesting implications for the study of family reproductive decisions and parent-offspring conflict, and for debates within anthropology over children’s contributions in hunter/gatherer versus agricultural societies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Maya children · Mexico · Yucatán (State) · Social conditions · Economic conditions · Mayas · Agriculture · Kinship · Sustainable agriculture · Yucatán (Mexico : State) · Economic conditions · Kramer, Karen
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(LOWER LEVEL) F1435.3.C47 K73 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F1435.3.C47 K73 2005	AVAILABLE

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Together At The Table : Sustainability And Sustenance In The American Agrifood System

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Patricia Allen
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Book, Pennsylvania State University Press ; Published in cooperation with the Rural Sociological Society, 2004
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Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. Both movements seek to reconstruct the agrifood system?the food production chain, from the growing of crops to food production and distribution?to become more ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just. Alternative agrifood movements must acknowledge and address the deeper structural and cultural patterns that constrain the long-term resolution of social and environmental problems in the agrifood system. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Food industry and trade · United States · Agricultural industries · Environmental aspects · United States · Sustainable agriculture · Economic aspects · Natural foods industry · Allen, Patricia, 1954-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HD9005 .A69 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HD9005 .A69 2004	AVAILABLE

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Farming With The Wild : Enhancing Biodiversity On Farms And Ranches

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written by Daniel Imhoff ; foreword by Fred Kirschenmann
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Book, 1st ed, Sierra Club Books, 2003
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Though it is not widely recognized, modern industrial agriculture, which now affects more than two-thirds of the land in the lower forty-eight states, plays a major role in the rampant decline in biodiversity in the United States. Presenting an inspiring look at this new conservation-based agriculture, Farming with the Wild offers vivid profiles of more than thirty farms, ranches, and organizations in the United States, together with more than one hundred color photographs. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sustainable agriculture · Case studies · United States · Agriculture · Environmental aspects · Case studies · Agrobiodiversity · Agricultural conservation · Agrobiodiversity conservation · Imhoff, Dan
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) S494.5.S86 I49 2003 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	S494.5.S86 I49 2003	AVAILABLE

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International Institute For Environment And Development (IIED)

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Hope’s Edge : The Next Diet For A Small Planet

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Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé
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Book, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002
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The author of the classic Diet for a Small Planet and her daughter travel the world, discovering practical visionaries who are making a difference in world hunger, sometimes one village at a time. Traveling to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, they discovered answers to the most urgent issue of our time: Whether we are able to transcend today’s consumerism and the isolation of “me-first” capitalism and find the paths that each of us can follow to heal our lives and the planet. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Globalization · Hunger · Developing countries · Sustainable agriculture · Proteins in human nutrition · Vegetarianism · Vegetarian cookery · Lappé, Frances Moore · Lappé, Anna, 1973-
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(UPPER LEVEL) TX392 .L28 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	TX392 .L28 2002	AVAILABLE

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The New Agrarianism : Land, Culture, And The Community Of Life

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[edited by] Eric T. Freyfogle
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Book, Island Press, 2001
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The engaging writings gathered in this new book explore an important but little-publicized movement in American culture - the marked resurgence of agrarian practices and values in rural areas, suburbs, and even cities. Together, they reveal what Freyfogle identifies as the heart and soul of the New Agrarianism: its yearning to regain society’s connections to the land and its quest to help craft a more land-based and enduring set of shared values. The New Agrarianism offers a compelling vision of this hopeful new way of living. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Land tenure · Environmental aspects · United States · Land use · Sustainable agriculture · Conservation of natural resources · Human ecology · Freyfogle, Eric T
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(LOWER LEVEL) HD205 .N49 2001 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HD205 .N49 2001	AVAILABLE

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Technology, Humans, And Society : Toward A Sustainable World

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Richard C. Dorf
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Book, Academic Press, 2001
Description
A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. * Readable discussion of key issues of sustainable engineering and business design and practice * Covers how to plan and implement a business practice that leads to an environmental, social and economic balance that results in profitable growth (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sustainable development · Conservation of natural resources · Technology · Social aspects · Green technology · Green products · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable architecture · Dorf, Richard C
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(LOWER LEVEL) HC79.E5 D67 2001 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HC79.E5 D67 2001	AVAILABLE

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Smallholders, Householders : Farm Families And The Ecology Of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture

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Robert McC. Netting
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Book, Stanford University Press, 1993
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Traditional farming · Agricultural ecology · Agriculture · Economic aspects · Sustainable agriculture · Family farms · Netting, Robert McC
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(LOWER LEVEL) GN407.4 .N48 1993 c.2 DUE 02-01-10

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GN407.4 .N48 1993 c.2	DUE 02-01-10

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