Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement
First paragraph: National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program was brought to me this morning by “Monsanto: helping farmers around the world be more sustainable.” From multinational corporations like Monsanto to the vegetable farmer at my farmers’ market, everyone in the agriculture field wants...
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National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program was brought to me this morning by “Monsanto: helping farmers around the world be more sustainable.” From multinational corporations like Monsanto to the vegetable farmer at my farmers’ market, everyone in the agriculture field wants to talk about sustainability. What does sustainable mean? Do humans influence the environment, or are humans and the environment constantly influencing each other? When farmers say they “know” how to farm, what kind of knowledge is that? Is that knowledge drawn from years of experience, or from scientific experiment?... |
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spelling | doaj.art-2af0abb1ca3f4d45952112219bcd5a3f2023-09-02T23:42:51ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012016-07-012110.5304/jafscd.2011.021.01973Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food MovementEliav Bitan0National Wildlife FederationFirst paragraph: National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program was brought to me this morning by “Monsanto: helping farmers around the world be more sustainable.” From multinational corporations like Monsanto to the vegetable farmer at my farmers’ market, everyone in the agriculture field wants to talk about sustainability. What does sustainable mean? Do humans influence the environment, or are humans and the environment constantly influencing each other? When farmers say they “know” how to farm, what kind of knowledge is that? Is that knowledge drawn from years of experience, or from scientific experiment?...https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/73EcologySustainability |
spellingShingle | Eliav Bitan Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Ecology Sustainability |
title | Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement |
title_full | Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement |
title_fullStr | Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement |
title_full_unstemmed | Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement |
title_short | Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement |
title_sort | kirschenmann s cultivating an ecological conscience a better philosophy for the food movement |
topic | Ecology Sustainability |
url | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/73 |
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