Philpott Tom Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It 9781635573138

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Автор: Philpott Tom
Название: Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
ISBN: 9781635573138
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Классификация:

Питание и общество

Политика центрального правительства

Сельское хозяйство

Ресурсосберегающее земледелие

ISBN-10: 1635573130
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 368
Вес: 0.50 кг.
Дата издания: 11.08.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 158 x 25
Поставляется из: Англии
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New York Times Book Review Editors Choice

An unsettling journey into the United States disaster-bound food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and farmer-turned-journalist Tom Philpott.

More than a decade after Michael Pollans game-changing The Omnivores Dilemma transformed the conversation about what we eat, a combination of global diet trends and corporate interests have put American agriculture into a state of quiet emergency, from dangerous drought in California--which grows more than 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat--to catastrophic topsoil loss in the breadbasket heartland of the United States. Whether or not we take heed, these urgent crises of industrial agriculture will define our future.

In Perilous Bounty, veteran journalist and former farmer Tom Philpott explores and exposes the small handful of seed and pesticide corporations, investment funds, and magnates who benefit from the trends that imperil us, with on-the-ground dispatches featuring the scientists documenting the damage and the farmers and activists who are valiantly and inventively pushing back.

Resource scarcity looms on the horizon, but rather than pointing us toward an inevitable doomsday, Philpott shows how the entire wayward ship of American agriculture could be routed away from its path to disaster. He profiles the farmers and communities in the nations two key growing regions developing resilient, soil-building, water-smart farming practices, and readying for the climate shocks that are already upon us; and he explains how we can help move these methods from the margins to the mainstream.

Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It, Philpott Tom