Gary S. Kleppel

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A New Approach to Agriculture

A New Approach to Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

The emergent agriculture is grounded in the philosophies of sustainability, local production, and the values of small-scale, family farming. The emergent agriculture values the crafts of the land … 11 $1.10 Add
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CSA

CSA

From: Emergent Agriculture

The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model is transformative. It changes the way farmers farm, the way markets function, and the way consumers relate to the production chain. The CSA model … 5 $0.50 Add
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Diversity in Agriculture

Diversity in Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

For the farmer, biodiversity is both domestic and wild, and a farm can be a place where biodiversity flourishes or from which it is excluded. The way farmers relate to biodiversity distinguishes … 14 $1.40 Add
Emergent Agriculture

Emergent Agriculture

Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere … 195 View
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Energy and the Future of Farming

Energy and the Future of Farming

From: Emergent Agriculture

We can and should energize our modern food production system with solar and other renewable energy sources, as has been done for most of the past 10,000 years. To be sure, the sun will always … 12 $1.20 Add
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Farm Subsides

Farm Subsides

From: Emergent Agriculture

This chapter is primarily concerned with the ways in which farms subsidize us. First, most of the farmers who fall into this category of subsidizers own small to medium-sized farms, and they … 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

On the Cusp of a Revolution

From: Emergent Agriculture

Today’s shifting agricultural paradigm is doing much the same thing. It is changing the way we produce food, how and where we get it, and what it does to our health, our pocket books, and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Scaling Up - How Local Farms Will Feed America

Scaling Up – How Local Farms Will Feed America

From: Emergent Agriculture

The shifting agricultural paradigm requires that every region of the country produce the diversity of products that it is capable of producing — that monoculture and exclusive production … 15 $1.50 Add
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Sustainable Meat - A Contradiction in Terms?

Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms?

From: Emergent Agriculture

Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an … 3 $0.30 Add
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The Consumer in a Changing Food System

The Consumer in a Changing Food System

From: Emergent Agriculture

Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Emergent Agriculture

The Emergent Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

Food production becomes exceptionally sustainable when profitability ceases to be the singular mission of the farm, and becomes instead a part of a “triple bottom line.” As important … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Emergent Market

The Emergent Market

From: Emergent Agriculture

Consumers must recognize their responsibility to reward craftsmanship and hard work with patronage, and be willing to pay a fair price for their food. Consumers are actively seeking out … 10 $1.00 Add
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The New Normal

The New Normal

From: Emergent Agriculture

Farmers have played roulette with the weather for 10,000 years. They know the risks and they live with them. They tend to believe that if the weather beats them down this year, things will be … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Paradox of Agriculture

The Paradox of Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

The paradox of agriculture. Our image of what we want farming to be and the reality of what it has become. The words unsustainable, dangerous, inhumane, dehumanizing, and toxic are barely … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Slow Money

The Slow Money

From: Emergent Agriculture

Slow Money argues for the diversion of capital from global markets to local markets – to farms, farmers’ markets, and restaurants within one’s own foodshed. Slow Money creates … 6 $0.60 Add
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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

Sustainability is a set of principles that focus on three fundamental elements of durable societies. They are: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and ethical behavior. These elements, … 6 $0.60 Add