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  • A Conversation Between Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson

    by Mary Berry, Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Hildegarde Hannum ...
    Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
    The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.At the 36th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures Mary Berry–Executive Director of The Berry Center–moderated a conversation between Berry and Jackson, during which they discussed the urgent problems that farmers are facing and the deep cultural divide ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Becoming Native to This Place

    by Wes Jackson ...
    Series series Blazer Lectures
    In this essay collection, one of the foremost voices in sustainable agriculture sets out a new approach to farming and community engagement.In these six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature's principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Inconvenient Apocalypse

    Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity

    by Wes Jackson, Robert Jensen ...
    Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity’s future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction.For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse—and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Becoming Native to This Place

    by Wes Jackson ...
    In six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature's principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both. His writing is anchored in his work with The Land Institute, lending authenticity to topics that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Nature as Measure

    The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

    by Wes Jackson ...
    An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America.Wes Jackson, “a well–known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his convictions into captivating prose . . . Jackson’s thoughts are still as significant and profound as they ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Call For A Revolution In Agriculture

    by Wes Jackson, Hildegarde Hannum ...
    Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
    The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Wes Jackson points to agriculture—in particular to the methods of till agriculture, which cause soil loss and destroy the soil's water-holding capacity—as our "number one environmental problem, aside from nuclear war" (and today he would undoubtedly ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Consulting the Genius of the Place

    An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture

    by Wes Jackson ...
    Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. A longtime leader of this movement is Wes Jackson, who for decades has taken it upon himself to speak for the land, to speak for the soil itself. Here, he offers a manifesto toward a conceptual revolution: Jackson asks us to look to natural ecosystems—or, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Virtues of Ignorance

    Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge

    Edited by Bill Vitek, Wes Jackson ...
    Series series Culture of the Land
    Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, and so too has the notion that we can fix environmental problems with scientific applications. The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic, shortsighted, and dangerous worldview. The contributors argue that uncritical faith in ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Hogs Are Up

    Stories of the Land, with Digressions

    by Wes Jackson ...
    Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions reveals what makes Wes Jackson tick. What kind of lessons does he draw from his unique life experiences, and how do they shape his profoundly revolutionary worldview? Sometimes funny, sometimes wistful, always insightful, this volume demonstrates that when telling a good story, digressions can be the main point. Born during the Great Depression, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • From The Land

    Articles Compiled From The Land 1941-1954

    Edited by Nancy Pittman ...
    Begun in 1941 as an outgrowth of Friends of the Land, the journal The Land was an attempt by editor Russell Lord to counteract -- through education, information, and inspiration -- the rampant abuse of soil, water, trees and rivers. But for all its seriousness of mission, The Land was a stimulating mix of fact and charm. It included literature, philosophy, art, and the practical observations of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Farming in Nature's Image

    An Ecological Approach To Agriculture

    by Judy Soule, Jon Piper ...
    ˜Farming in Nature's Image provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture.The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications of a new system of agriculture based on one unifying concept: that farms should mimic the ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Protecting Public Health and the Environment

    Implementing The Precautionary Principle

    Edited by Carolyn Raffensperger, Joel Tickner ...
    When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. This idea, known as the "Precautionary Principle," is seen by environmentalists and public health experts as the key to protecting ecological and human health.In January 1998, the Science and ... Read more

    $46.09 USD