Organic struggle : the movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States /

Organic struggle : the movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Obach, Brian K. (Brian Keith), author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (327 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Food, health, and the environment Food, health, and the environment.
Subject:	Organic farming -- United States. Sustainable agriculture -- United States. Organic farming. Sustainable agriculture. United States. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305915

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Varying Form of Title:	Movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States
ISBN:	9780262328302 0262328305 026202909X 9780262029094
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	'Organic Struggle' analyzes the evolution of the sustainable agriculture movement in the United States and evaluates its achievements and shortcomings. It traces the development of organic farming from its roots in the 1940s through its embrace by the 1960s counterculture to its mainstream acceptance and development into a multi-billion dollar industry.
Other form:	Print version: Obach, Brian K. (Brian Keith). Organic struggle 9780262029094

Table of Contents:

The birth of the organic movement
Certification and the state: the dilemmas of growth
The organic coalition: united and divided
Are we better off? Movement achievements and the threat from big organic
Searching for social justice
Strategic innovation: the three trajectories of the organic movement
The road not taken and the road ahead.