Farming in the middle: An ethical imperative

Organic Farming: The Ecological System

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 325-342

  Kirschenmann, Frederick ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining resources; Disappearing middle; Energy intensive system; Ethical imperatives; Industrial agriculture dependent; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956096014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780891181897.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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