دانلود کتاب Deep Agroecology

The ways we farm and the ways we eat will determine the destiny of life on earth.
Farms and food are foundational for civilization. Right now our civilization is undergoing massive upheaval. We must build a new foundation, and that imperative task is going to take all of us. Deep Agroecology shows the way.
The union of native wisdom ways with sophisticated, sustainable tools and practices can lead to the renewal and the elevation of all forms of life on Earth. Our next, necessary evolutionary step depends on spiritual intelligent, regenerative agriculture: deep agroecology.
Agroecology is an ecological approach to growing food and fiber that appreciates farms and orchards as ecosystems. Internationally, agroecology is increasingly recognized as an approach capable of meeting productivity goals while replenishing the soil, sequestering climate destabilizing CO2, and striving toward justice for all the human beings and animals in the food system.
Deep agroecology arises from recognition that the way we farm will determine the destiny of life on the earth. This inescapable reality necessarily involves every human being.
"The future of humanity depends on our heeding the wisdom of deep agroecology.” – John Ikerd, author of Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture.
While deep agroecology is new territory, it’s natural territory, not just for farmers, but for all people.
Review
"...deep agroecology is more than the promotion of another growing system. It represent a fundamental change in the perceptions of humans about the choices they make in planting, harvesting, and eating food...The result is a hard hitting, powerful survey that takes the food system ideal a step further..." - Diane C. Donovan for Midwest Book Review, Nov. 2019 Link to full review: < donovansliteraryservices.com/november-2019-issue.html#da2 >
"...Because deep agroecology draws on a combination of science and ancient wisdom, it also highlights how many indigenous cultures have, for centuries, recognized the importance of strong, healthy communities, and how they're dependent on the planet on which they live...
"...An enlightening work of ecological thought." ~ Kirkus Reviews, Nov. 2019Link to full review: < kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/steven-mcfadden/mrK/ >
"McFadden ( The Call of the Land ) asserts that the evolution of human civilization is dependent on centering agroecology, a comprehensive approach to agriculture that is "clean, sustainable, humane, egalitarian, and just...McFadden brings research-driven passion, infectious enthusiasm, and a syncretist's mind to this topic. He's clearly driven by dozens of conversations and direct experience as both a narrative journalist and a spiritual seeker, and his work is grounded in deep respect for the colleagues and teachers he has encountered..." ~ Booklife Reviews, April 2020
"With the skill of a seasoned journalist, McFadden ties together topics of agrarian science, economics, and ancient spirituality in an approachable style that gives the reader not only food for thought but inspiration for action.
Highly recommended."
- Review by Kimberlee J. Benart for Readers Favorite
From the Back Cover
Farms and food are foundational for civilization. Right now our civilization is undergoing massive upheaval. We must build a new foundation, and that imperative task is going to take us all.The union of native wisdom with sophisticated, sustainable tools and practices can lead to the renewal and the elevation of all forms of life on Earth. Our next, necessary evolutionary step depends on spiritually intelligent, regenerative agriculture: deep agroecology.
About the Author
Independent journalist Steven McFadden has been writing about the Earth, farms, and food for decades. With Trauger Groh, he is coauthor of the first two books on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Farms of Tomorrow: Community Supported Farms, Farm Supported Communities (1990) and Farms of Tomorrow Revisited (1998). He's also the author of The Call of the Land: An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century and Awakening Community Intelligence: CSA Farms as 21st Century Cornerstones.He is the author of a contemporary epic, nonfiction saga of North America that is freely available online: Odyssey of the 8th Fire (www.8thfire.net). It tells a true story arising from the deepest roots of our land but taking place in the present and the future. In it, circles upon circles, elders of the Americas make a generous giveaway of the teachings they carry. Steven served as the national coordinator for the annual 1993 Earth Day Celebration. In partnership with the Seventh Generation Fund,