A Future for the Land Organic Practice from a Global Perspective

About this book

A critique of industrialised agriculture, putting forward constructive proposals for alternative land-use practice. Chapters include: The Need for Integration: Farming and the Environment, Fiona Reynolds; A Policy for Forestry and Woodland, Penny Evans; Phasing out Pesticides, Michael Allaby; The 21st Century Peasant, Sir Richard Body, MP; A Symbol of Hope: Africaa's Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai; Indigenous Rights: Colombia's Policy for the Amazon, Peter Bunyard; Organic Cooperatives in Japan, Koyu Furusawa; Recovering Diversity: A Future for India, Vandana Shiva.
`A book of real breadth and vision.' - The Ecologist.

Contents

The need for integration - farming and the environment, Fiona Reynolds; a policy for forestry and woodland, Penny Evans; phasing out pesticides, Michael Allaby; the 21st-century peasant, Sir Richard Body, MP; a symbol of hope - Africa's greenbelt movement, Wangaari Maathai; indigenous rights - Colombia's policy for the Amazon, Peter Bunyard; organic co-operatives in Japan, Koyu Furusawa; recovering diversity - a future for India, Vandana Shiva; earth and spirit - a tradition renewed, Robert Waller.

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Biography

Linda Moss created www.organicholidays.com ten years ago, and in 2004 her website won an Environmentally Friendly Website Award. She is married with three grown up children and two grandchildren, and has lived in Guiseley, West Yorkshire all her life.