The visible, sustainable farm: A comprehensive energy analysis of a midwestern farm

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 218-239

  Baum, Aaron W ^a,c   Patzek, Tadeusz ^a,b   Bender, Martin ^c   Renich, Steve ^c   Jackson, Wes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemicals free; Crop; Draft horse; Livestock; Organic; Photovoltaics; Rotation

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 70449558883     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680902963915     Document Type: Article

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