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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Main Author: Eliav Bitan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/73
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description 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 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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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
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title_short Kirschenmann’s Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: A Better Philosophy for the Food Movement
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topic Ecology
Sustainability
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