Viac ako 4 milióny titulov v angličtine aj ďalších jazykoch! Objavte svoj nový príbeh ešte dnes!

Zistiť stav objednávky

Kontaktujte nás

Empty Pastures

Confined Animals and the Transformation of the Rural Landscape

Autor: Terence J. Centner

Jazyk:

Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: University of Illinois Press

Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa

Odosielame za 14-20 dní

51.31 €

Over the past century agriculture has shifted dramatically with small, commercial farms finding it i...

Informácie o knihe

Autor

Terence J. Centner

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2004

Stránok

208

EAN

9780252028953

Enbook ID

04867819

Vydavateľ

University of Illinois Press

Hmotnosť

431

Rozmery

153 x 229 x 19

Kompletný popis

Over the past century agriculture has shifted dramatically with small, commercial farms finding it increasingly difficult to compete with large-scale (mostly indoor) animal feeding operations (AFOs). In this book, Terence J. Centner investigates the environmental, social, economic, and political impact of the rise of the so-called factory farm, exposing the ramifications of the contemporary trend toward industrial-scale food production. Just as Rachel Carson's landmark Silent Spring used the disappearance of songbirds as a jumping-off point for a work that raised public awareness of pesticides' devastating environmental impact, Empty Pastures sees the dwindling numbers of livestock in the American countryside as a symptom of a broader transformation, one with serious consequences for the rural landscape and its inhabitants--animal as well as human. After outlining the rise of the AFO, Centner examines the troubling consequences of consolidation in animal farming and suggests a number of remedies. The issues he tackles include groundwater contamination, the loss of biodiversity, animal welfare, concentrated odors and other nuisances, soil erosion, and the economic effects of the disappearance of the small family farm. Inspired by largely abandoned traditional practices rather than a radical and unrealistic vision of a return to an idealized past, Centner proposes a series of pragmatic reforms for regulating factory farms to halt ecological degradation and revitalize rural communities.

Najčastejšie vyhľadávané

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produkty

Produkty

Najčastejšie vyhľadávané

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produkty

Produkty

Empty Pastures

Confined Animals and the Transformation of the Rural Landscape

Informácie o knihe

Kompletný popis

Mohlo by vás zaujímať

Doctor's War

Hyde Park Deception

Go Away, Cor-No-No!

Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition)

Catalogue of the Library of the Lawrence Academy; Groton, Mass, 1850

A Puritan Family Devotional: King James Version

Adult Coloring Journal

Select Collection of Old Plays

Global Diversity Management

For Selina

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools Since 1944

Indigenous Archaeology

Formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of the aerobic granular sludge

Zákazníci, ktorí si kúpili túto knihu, kúpili tiež

Rin-ne 7

LE CHEM AMEFORACH ou le Mystère de l'Assiette Sacrée

Завтрак у Тиффани

Długopis żółty Bookaroo IF

Deutsche Straßenbahnen in Rumänien

Inglese amico

CALVENDO Puzzle Igelchen im Erdbeerfeld | 2000 Teile Lege-Größe 90x67cm Foto-Puzzle für glückliche Stunden