On Farms and Rural Communities: An Agricultural Ethic for the Future (Speaker's Corner) - Tapa blanda

Apps, Jerry

 
9781682754641: On Farms and Rural Communities: An Agricultural Ethic for the Future (Speaker's Corner)
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ISBN 10: 1682754642 ISBN 13: 9781682754641
Editorial: Fulcrum Publishing, 2024

Sinopsis

On Farms and Rural Communities is an exploration of the past, present and future importance of U.S. rural communities, which are often overlooked in the national discourse.

The author examines a host of issues, including agriculture, land use, population shifts and other socio-economic factors to argue that rural communities must be restored to the status they once held and deserve to be held again.

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Acerca del autor

Jerry Apps is a former county extension agent and is now professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught for thirty years. Today he works as a rural historian and full-time writer and is the author of many books on rural history, country life, and the environment. He has created six-hour-long documentaries with PBS Wisconsin, has won several awards for his writing, and won a regional Emmy Award for the TV program A Farm Winter.

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Introduction
I am concerned about rural America and its future as the country stumbles its way into the twenty- first century, injured by the COVID pandemic and unsure of itself and where it wants to head. Historically, rural communities have been the heart of this country. They continue to be essential. For the country to move forward into the twenty-first century, it must have vibrant rural communities.
Agriculture has been and remains for many rural communities its core activity. One of the most critical problems facing rural America these days is what has happened and is happening to agriculture. To put it bluntly, agriculture has lost its way. It has fallen into the trap of following the tenets of industrialization—bigger is better. Inputs and outputs. Money is more important than caring for the environment.
As I discuss the future of agriculture, I also discuss the future of rural villages and small cities. For many decades they have had a close relationship with each other. Indeed, they depended on each other. Today much of that interdependent relationship has been lost. Many rural villages and cities are struggling mightily to merely survive, to say nothing about thriving.
I will discuss ways in which a new agriculture can once more become the vital force it once was. Even more fundamentally, I will examine the need for all of us, rural and urban alike, to develop an appreciation for the land. Land is much more than dirt. How true it is; in some depth I will examine why we must and how we can return to a reverence for the land—no matter where
we live. I will draw on the writings of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and several native
American writers who help us understand the need to look at land as a resource necessary to protect and care for—for the sake of the planet’s future and for those creatures, including humans who call it home.
 

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Editorial
Fulcrum Publishing
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1682754642
ISBN 13 
9781682754641
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
156
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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