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Publisher
GBS [distributor]
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2009, the authors visited twenty farms that form a portrait of the complexity of farming in the United States today. These interviews are designed to depict a sense of place, people, and action to challenge and inspire you.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of essays celebrating the cultural heritage of history and home argues that arrogance must be abandoned in favor of respect and care for oneself, one's neighbors, and the land.
In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his fifty-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities. The writings gathered...
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Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for the future of our food and our planet.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A deeply researched and eye-opening history that shows how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. This is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest genetically engineered seed enterprise. Monsanto merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018, but its Roundup Ready seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. Incorporating global...
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