About this title: '"New Roots for Agriculture" is a landmark...It offers a sound, thoroughly documented criticism of the assumptions and the effects of industrial agriculture; for that alone the book would be valuable. But it goes beyond criticism to propose practical remedies' - Wendell Berry. 'An excellent addition to a growing list of books and articles documenting some alarming trends in our ability to produce food...This short but well-documented book deserves broad circulation and public discussion. Its warnings may well be prophecy' - "Los Angeles Times".'The plowshare may well have destroyed more ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Unabridged.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Brick House Pub. Co
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780913890387ISBN:0913890383
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Outside covers and text block a bit stained/dirty. Trade paperback (US). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1980-01-01
ISBN-13:9780803275621ISBN:0803275625
Description: Good. Privately owned copy. 1985 printing. Edge wear to covers-curling out at edges. Some pages are curling out as well. Clean pages free of writing, marks or tears. Binding is tight and spine is uncreased. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Friends Of The Earth
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780913890387ISBN:0913890383
Description: ISBN 0-913890-38-3. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copywith small owner's inscription on bottom of title page and minor edge wear. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780803275621ISBN:0803275625
Description: Very Good. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. XV + 150 PAGES. Includes foreword by Wendell Berry, preface, & afterword. Minor edgewear to covers. Name of previous owner on 1/2 title page. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780803275621ISBN:0803275625
Description: as NEW. 150 pp. Octavo. Blue illustrated covers. Foreword by Wendell Berry. Jackson's major solution calls for the development of plant combinations that yield food while holding the soil and renewing its nutrients without plowing or applying fossil fuel-based fertilizers or pesticides. his new way of raising crops, by working with the soil's natural systems, would keep the world's breadbasket producing perpetually. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780803275621ISBN:0803275625
Description: Near Fine in softcover. 23 by 16 cm. 151 pages. Trade size. Illustarted cover. Name of former owner on half title page. Foreword by Wendell Berry. Bright, clean. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are very nice and clean. Free track! Satisfaction guarenteed! Fast ing! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780803275621ISBN:0803275625
Description: New. "The plowshare may well have destroyed more options for future generations than the sword, " writes Wes Jackson in a review of practices that have brought U.S. agriculture to the edge of disaster. Tillage has hastened the erosion of irreplaceable tops... read more
"The first chapter of this book knocked my socks off, just as the book One Straw Revolution did. But after that, I just couldn't get into it, which is a common dynamic for me with ag. non-fiction."
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