Ebook: Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature: Essays on Conservation-Based Agriculture

Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature addresses an urgent and complex issue facing communities and cultures throughout the world: the need for heightened land stewardship and conservation in an era of diminishing natural resources. Agricultural lands in rural areas are being purchased for development. Water scarcities are pitting urban and development expansion against agriculture and conservation needs. The farming population is ageing and retiring, while those who remain struggle against low commodity prices, international competition, rising production costs, and the threat of dis.;A Forest's Last Stand: Barbara Kingsolver; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Section I: AGRICULTURE & CONSERVATION; INTRODUCTION; Conservationist and Agrarian: Wendell Berry; Tame and Wild: Fred Kirschenmann & David Gould; The Oil We Eat: Richard Manning; The Farmer as Conservationist?: Laura L. Jackson; Section II: CORE ISSUES; INTRODUCTION; Salmon Stakes: Ted Williams; When the Epidemic Hit the King of Clones: Gary Paul Nabhan & Ana Guadalupe Valenzuela-Zapata; Wild Work Crew: Scott McMillion; A Grassland Manifesto: Becky Weed; Living with Wolves: Luba Vangelova.