The Next Green Revolution: Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture

by Raymond P Poincelot, Jim Horne, Maura McDermott

Explore the benefits of and necessity for sustainable agriculture!Here is an easy-to-read, practical introduction to sustainable what it means and why it is needed. It is the first book to synthesize the goals of sustainable agriculture into eight comprehensive steps. The Next Green Revolution presents a convincing critique of our current agricultural system and an introduction to an alternative system which gives more consideration to future generations. Interwoven through the book are Dr. Horne's reflections on social justice, quality of life, and how farmers and rural communities are inextricably linked.The Next Green Revolution draws on the unique perspective of Dr. James E. Horne, President of a leading nonprofit agriculture organization, the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. It is inspired by his experience as a traditional agriculturalist and educator coming to grips with the failings of the conventional system and searching for an alternative. Writing in the first person, he describes growing up in a sharecropper family in Oklahoma, running his own ranch, and consulting with farmers as an agricultural economist. He shares what he learned as the Kerr Center experimented with new “sustainable” approaches to old problems on the Center's ranch/farm, and his experiences working with the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. With The Next Green Revolution, you will and the eight steps to sustainable agriculture, which The Next Green Revolution is a well-researched introduction to the field, written with a minimum of jargon.

340 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2001

Reviews

[Sylvester]

Surprisingly good, I went into the book thinking it would be a green propaganda piece but James Horne was able to combine his experience and knowledge of agriculture with the free market. It was well written with carefully cited references, overall it's a very educational book.

[Kim]

I just got this book from Amazon. yay. I love getting books in the mail. It's green. It's about agriculture. it's about sustainability. What more can I say?