Scholten U.S. Organic Dairy Politics

Animals, Pasture, People, and Agribusiness
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-47628-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 291 Seiten, eBook

Based on a decade of study, this book provides a scholarly overview of organic dairy politics, showing how politics, policy, and protest both inside and outside of agriculture can determine a future of pastoral landscapes resembling an earlier time in the western world or, alternatively, one made of dystopian ruralities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scholten, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by C.S. Sundarensan 1. Introduction: What is Organic Dairying? 2. Agricultural Revolutions: Winter Was Bleak Before Haymaking 3. USDA Organic Pasture War: Where Have All the Cow Herds Gone? 4. Animal Welfare: From Rudolf Steiner to the St. Paul Declaration 5. Stewardship in the Northwest: Dutch Stewards, Vets, and Researchers Discuss US, Canadian, and European Rules 6. Antibiotics And Health in the Northeast and Beyond: Experts on US, Canadian, and European Rules 7. Family Farms and Megadairies: Effects on Cows, Land, and Society 8. Conclusions and Outlook: Agribusiness, Coops, and Power to 2050

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce A. Scholten is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Geography, Durham University, UK. He writes on agricultural policy for a variety of international publications, and his research focuses on the political economy of family farming and cooperatives. He grew up on a dairy farm near Lynden, Washington, USA.