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Books by Fred Kirschenmann
  | | Farming with the Wild(1st Edition) by Daniel Imhoff, Roberto Carra, Fred Kirschenmann Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2003 by Sierra Club Books ISBN-13: 978-1-57805-092-5, ISBN: 1-57805-092-8 "Though it is not widely recognized, modern industrial agriculture, which now affects more than two-thirds of the land in the lower forty-eight states, plays a major role in the rampant decline in biodiversity in the United States. Habitat destruction and fragmentation, displacement of native species and the introduction of exotic species, persecution of predators, and pollution of all kinds are just a few of industrial agriculture's da ..." |
 | | Food Fight(2nd Edition) The Citizen's Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill by Daniel Imhoff, Fred Kirschenmann, Michael Pollan Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2012 by Watershed Media ISBN-13: 978-0-9709500-7-9, ISBN: 0-9709500-7-1 "Every five years, the U.S. Congress passes a little understood piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. Primarily accountable for setting the budgets and work plans for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Bill is anything but bureaucratic trivia. It is an essential economic and policy engine that drives the food and farming system and provides nutritional assistance to tens of millions of Americans--many of them children. In ..." |
 | | Food Fight(1st Edition) The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill by Daniel Imhoff, Michael Pollan, Roberto Carra, Fred Kirschenmann Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2007 by Watershed Media ISBN-13: 978-0-9709500-2-4, ISBN: 0-9709500-2-0 "The Farm Bill is perhaps the single most significant land use legislation enacted in the United States, yet many citizens remain unaware of its power and scope. With subsidies ballooning toward $25 billion dollars per year, the Farm Bill largely dictates who grows what crops, on what acreage, and under what conditions--all with major impacts on the country's rural economies, health and nutrition, national security, and biodiversity. As ..." |
 | | Food and the Mid-Level Farm(1st Edition) Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Thomas A. Lyson, Rick Welsh, G. W. Stevenson, Fred Kirschenmann, Frederick H. Buttel, Mike Duffy, Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Thomas W. Gray, Amy Guptill, Mary Hendrickson, William Heffernan, David Lind, Elizabeth Barham, Eileen Brady, Caitlin O'brady, Rich Pirog, Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer, Shelley Grow, Elizabeth Higgins, Sandra S. Batie, Peter Carstensen, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-12299-3, ISBN: 0-262-12299-5 "Practitioners and scholars from a range of disciplines discuss how midsize farms can better connect with consumers, organize collectively to develop markets for their products, and promote public policies that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues.Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that mar ..." |
 | | Agroecology in Action Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Keith Douglass Warner, Fred Kirschenmann, Robert Gottlieb Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-23252-4, ISBN: 0-262-23252-9 "American agriculture has doubled its use of pesticides since the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962. Agriculture is the nation's leading cause of non-point-source water pollution--runoffs of pesticides, nutrients, and sediments into streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. In Agroecology in Action, Keith Douglass Warner describes agroecology, an emerging scient ..." |
 | | Farming with the Wild Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches by Daniel Imhoff, Roberto Carra, Fred Kirschenmann Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2013 by Watershed Media ISBN-13: 978-0-9846304-6-2, ISBN: 0-9846304-6-5 "Featuring profiles from more than 20 states and illustrated with over 200 color photographs, Farming with the Wild offers a compelling view of a future in which farming and ranching operations are integrated into regional networks of protected wildlands. Dan Imhoff records his travels to the far reaches of the United States in search of farmers, ranchers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations who are striving to develop and ..." |
 | | Food Fight The Citizens Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill by Daniel Imhoff, Michael Pollan, Fred Kirschenmann 212 Pages, Published 2012 by Waterside Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9846304-0-0, ISBN: 0-9846304-0-6 "If you eat, pay taxes, care about the health of our children and communities, the fate of family farmers, or our country's food security, this book is for you." |
 | | Cultivating an Ecological Conscience Essays from a Farmer Philosopher by Frederick L. Kirschenmann, Constance L. Falk Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2011 by Counterpoint ISBN-13: 978-1-58243-752-1, ISBN: 1-58243-752-1 |
 | | Food and the Mid-Level Farm(1st Edition) Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Rick Welsh, Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson, Mike Duffy, Amy Guptill, William Heffernan, David Lind, Elizabeth Barham, Eileen Brady, Caitlin O'brady, Rich Pirog, Shelley Grow, Elizabeth Higgins, Peter Carstensen, Fred Kirschenmann, Mary Hendrickson, Frederick H. Buttel, Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Thomas W. Gray, Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer, Sandra S. Batie, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho, The Mit Press Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-62215-8, ISBN: 0-262-62215-7 "Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that market directly to consumers. As a result, midsize family-operated farms find it increasingly difficult to find and reach markets for their products. They are too big to use the direct marke ..." |
 | | Agroecology in Action(1st Edition) Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Keith Douglass Warner, Foreword-Fred Kirschenmann, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-73180-5, ISBN: 0-262-73180-0 |