Nature As Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

Author:   Wes Jackson ,  Wendell Berry
Publisher:   Counterpoint
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9781582437002


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   11 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Wes Jackson ,  Wendell Berry
Publisher:   Counterpoint
Imprint:   Counterpoint
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9781582437002


ISBN 10:   1582437009
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   11 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Praise for Nature as Measure <br><br> Jackson, a well-known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his convictions into captivating prose . . . Jackson's thoughts are still as significant and profound as they were nearly 20 years ago. -- Publishers Weekly <br><br>Praise for Becoming Native to This Place <br><br> [A] small book rich in ideas. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> For those concerned about what will be left and how many billion will be starving in twenty years, this is a must read. -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society <br><br> A good introduction to a thinker whose ideas on agriculture are radical both in their technical approach to food production as well as in terms of the economic, social, and cultural context within which it is practiced. -- Review of Radical Political Economics <br>


Praise for Becoming Native to This Place <br><br> [A] small book rich in ideas. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> For those concerned about what will be left and how many billion will be starving in twenty years, this is a must read. -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society <br><br> A good introduction to a thinker whose ideas on agriculture are radical both in their technical approach to food production as well as in terms of the economic, social, and cultural context within which it is practiced. -- Review of Radical Political Economics <br><br>


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Wes Jackson, a respected advocate for sustainable practices, organic agriculture, and environmental scientific understanding, is the founder of The Land Institute, in Salina, Kansas. The author of Altars of Unhewn Stone and New roots for Agriculture, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992.

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