{"product_id":"farming-for-us-all-practical-agriculture-and-the-cultivation-of-sustainability-paperback","title":"Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Mayerfeld Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate change. Habitat loss. Soil erosion. Groundwater depletion. Toxins in our food. Inhumane treatment of farm animals. Increasing farm worker exploitation. Hunger and malnutrition in the midst of plenty. What will it take for farmers in the United States to embrace sustainable practices?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Mayerfeld Bell's \u003ci\u003eFarming for Us All\u003c\/i\u003e first tackled this question twenty years ago, providing crucial insight into how the structure of US agriculture created this situation and exploring, by contrast, the practices of farmers who are working together to radically change how they think, learn, and grow. This updated edition of his now-classic work reflects on the lessons learned over the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstrained by an oppressive nexus of markets, regulations, subsidies, and technology, farmers find themselves undermining their own economic and social security as well as the security of the land. Bell turns to Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), that state's largest sustainable-agriculture group. He traces how PFI creates an agriculture that engages others--farmers, researchers, officials, and consumers--in a common conversation about what agriculture could look like. Through dialogue, PFI members crossbreed knowledge, discovering pragmatic solutions to help crops grow in ways that sustain families, communities, societies, economies, and environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFarming for Us All\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that for sustainable farming to flourish, new social relations are as important to cultivate as new crops. This book is necessary--and hopeful--reading for anyone concerned about the present and future of food and farming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Mayerfeld Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Philip David Lowe Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison He is the author or editor of eleven books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Invitation to Environmental Sociology \u003c\/i\u003e(now in its sixth edition), and \u003ci\u003eCity of the Good: Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.18 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54016947945805,"sku":"9780271097480","price":51.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/m0WaXR2tVx9780271097480.webp?v=1780390227","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/farming-for-us-all-practical-agriculture-and-the-cultivation-of-sustainability-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}