The once and future georgic: Agricultural practice, environmental knowledge, and the place for an ethic of experience

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-165

  Cohen, Benjamin R ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Experiential knowledge; Genetically modified; Georgic; Participatory; Pastoral; Place based; Pragmatist philosophy; Scientific practice; Sustainable agriculture; Technology; Virgil

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651119939     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9172-7     Document Type: Article

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