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Back to Eden: agriculture as we know it, Wes Jackson argues, is destroying our topsoil and polluting our environment. Human survival, he maintains, may depend on our learning to use the secrets of the prairie

Authors :
Eisenberg, Evan
Source :
Atlantic. November 1989, Vol. 264 Issue 5, p57, 20 p.
Publication Year :
1989

Abstract

ALTHOUGH AGRICULTURE HAS GIVEN US cities, wealth, the arts and sciences-what we call civilization-on the whole it has been a mistake. That is Wes Jackson's view. He takes a long [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02769077
Volume :
264
Issue :
5
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Atlantic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.8039975