The Curse of American Agricultural Abundance: A Sustainable Solution - Rilegato

Cochrane, Willard W.; Levins, Richard A.

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ISBN 10: 0803215290 ISBN 13: 9780803215290

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2003

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Advisor to President Kennedy, consultant for foreign governments, and spokesman for family farmers everywhere, Willard W. Cochrane has been a leading expert on agriculture and its problems in the United States since the 1940s. In his straightforward style Cochrane analyzes the propensity for American agriculture to produce too much and the inability of our social and economic system to make effective use of that unending abundance. He then offers his vision for American agriculture in the twenty-first century. Cochrane looks at two periods in agricultural history: 1953–66 and 1997–2002. Structurally, technologically, and organizationally the two periods are as different as night and day, but in terms of the big economic picture – too much production pressing on a limited commercial demand with resulting low farm prices and incomes – they are mirror images of each other. With this understanding, Cochrane argues that Americans no longer need to farm fragile ecosystems with intensive chemical methods, make huge payments that result in fewer farms and higher farming costs, or bear the environmental consequences of all-out production. Instead, he outlines a bold new strategy for how we can enjoy our abundance and focus our efforts on quality of life and protecting the environment in our rural areas.

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Willard W. Cochrane is the author of numerous books, including The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis, and is the coauthor of Reforming Farm Policy: Toward a National Agenda. Richard A. Levins is a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota and the author of Willard Cochrane and the American Family Farm (Nebraska 2003).

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Book by Cochrane Willard W

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• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0803215290
• ISBN 13: 9780803215290
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160