Small Farms Are Real Farms By John Ikerd

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As a compilation of articles written over a handful of years the chapters in this book can sometimes be reiterative However even when he makes the same point in slightly different contexts or forms they are points worth heeding I would refer to Ikerd as a preacher but the most complimentary way He has balanced his academic rigor and credentials with his real world farm experience to bring a thoughtful and insightful view of agricultural systems He illustrates how current farming practices are damaging to the environment the economy and to rural life and happiness Recommended 1601730063

Small Farms Are Real Farms By John Ikerd

1601730063

9781601730060

English

249

Paperback

Since the middle of the last century American farm policy has taken the nation into the dead end of industrial farm production Farming at its core a biological process has been transformed into an industrial process thus demolishing the economic and cultural values upon which the nation was founded Along the way small farms have been ridiculed and dismissed as inconsequential but now the seeds of a rural renaissance are being planted not by these industrial behemoths but by family scale farms In this collection of essays the multifaceted case for small farms is built using logic and facts Discover anew the complexity and beauty that is the small farm and learn of the many benefits small farms give to individuals the environment the economy and society Small Farms Are Real Farms.