Closing the Knowledge Gap: How the USDA Could Tap the Potential of Biologically Diversified Farming Systems
Modern agriculture has proven highly productive, yet has simultaneously generated environmental and social impacts of global concern. Pressing environmental issues call into question the ability of the current model of industrial agriculture to sustain adequate yields without undermining the natural...
Main Authors: | Liz Carlisle, Albie Miles |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2016-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development |
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Online Access: | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/211 |
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