
An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture
Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides.
- Undertittel
- Energy Use Efficiency in the American South
- Forfatter
- Carl F. Jordan
- ISBN
- 9789400797178
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Vekt
- 310 gram
- Utgivelsesdato
- 18.6.2015
- Forlag
- Springer
- Antall sider
- 247
