On Farms and Rural Communities: An Agricultural Ethic for the Future - Brossura

Apps, Jerry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1682754642 ISBN 13: 9781682754641

Casa editrice: Fulcrum Pub, 2024

Riassunto

A clarion call to recognize the importance of rural farming communities and to build a new agriculture policy for our future 
 

In a twenty-first-century landscape marked by unprecedented challenges, the relevance of agriculture and farms has never been more apparent. From the unsettling shortages experienced during the pandemic to recent fluctuations in the cost and availability of basic grocery items due to historic droughts and climate impacts, Americans are being reminded daily of the importance of rural communities. And yet, the reality of these farm communities and farm policy is foreign to many Americans. Written from the unique perspective of best-selling author Jerry Apps, a farmer and noted historian, On Farms and Rural Communities: An Agricultural Ethic For the Future is a poignant testament to the enduring importance of this vital part of our nation and a call to shape agricultural policy for the present and future.? 
 

Jerry Apps takes a comprehensive look at the historical, present-day, and future significance of rural communities. With insightful analysis of critical issues such as agriculture, land utilization, demographic shifts, and socioeconomic and cultural factors, Apps highlights the urgent need to restore and better appreciate our rural communities. He urges the creation of an agricultural ethic that looks at the land and the people, celebrating all that has made American farming an essential part of our history while positioning it for a brighter future. The book is a must-read for all Americans, proving insight and hope for our agricultural future. 

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jerry Apps is a former county extension agent and is now professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin– Madison, where he taught for thirty years. Today he works as a rural historian and full-time writer and is the author of many books on rural history, country life, and the environment. He has created six-hour-long documentaries with PBS Wisconsin, has won several awards for his writing, and won a regional Emmy Award for the TV program A Farm Winter.

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Introduction
I am concerned about rural America and its future as the country stumbles its way into the twenty- first century, injured by the COVID pandemic and unsure of itself and where it wants to head. Historically, rural communities have been the heart of this country. They continue to be essential. For the country to move forward into the twenty-first century, it must have vibrant rural communities.
Agriculture has been and remains for many rural communities its core activity. One of the most critical problems facing rural America these days is what has happened and is happening to agriculture. To put it bluntly, agriculture has lost its way. It has fallen into the trap of following the tenets of industrialization—bigger is better. Inputs and outputs. Money is more important than caring for the environment.
As I discuss the future of agriculture, I also discuss the future of rural villages and small cities. For many decades they have had a close relationship with each other. Indeed, they depended on each other. Today much of that interdependent relationship has been lost. Many rural villages and cities are struggling mightily to merely survive, to say nothing about thriving.
I will discuss ways in which a new agriculture can once more become the vital force it once was. Even more fundamentally, I will examine the need for all of us, rural and urban alike, to develop an appreciation for the land. Land is much more than dirt. How true it is; in some depth I will examine why we must and how we can return to a reverence for the land—no matter where
we live. I will draw on the writings of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and several native
American writers who help us understand the need to look at land as a resource necessary to protect and care for—for the sake of the planet’s future and for those creatures, including humans who call it home.
 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Fulcrum Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1682754642
• ISBN 13: 9781682754641
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 148
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile