Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability
- ISBN-10
- 0271046325
- ISBN-13
- 9780271046327
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-11-01
- Publisher
- Penn State Press
- Author
- Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Description
Farming for Us All gives us the opportunity to explore the possibilities for social, environmental, and economic change that practical, dialogic agriculture presents.
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