Resilience and the Lost Art of Agricultural Inventiveness "This is a book about building a viable small farm economy that can withstand the economic, political, and climatic shock waves that the twenty-first century portends."—from chapter one Praise for FARMING FOR THE LONG HAUL From the author . . . This book looks cautiously forward toward the challenging prospects of the next several decades, trying to suggest ways to prepare a farming future that can survive the transition to a future very different from the present. And it will do so drawing on a still-deeper past, recalling examples from the vast history of agriculture and the endless array of agricultural adaptations that farmers have devised, gleaning lessons from more resilient agricultures, ones that withstood not just the vagaries of the modern capitalist market, but environmental and social shocks of the past that rival what lies ahead.
✔ Author(s): Michael Foley
✔ Title: Farming for the Long Haul: Resilience and the Lost Art of Agricultural Inventiveness (New Farmer Library)
✔ Rating : 4.6 out of 5 base on (39 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1603588000
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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