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100			_aPhilpott, Tom _c(food writer), _eauthor. _950072
245	1	0	_aPerilous bounty : _bthe looming collapse of American farming and how we can prevent it / _cTom Philpott.
260			_aNew York, NY, USA : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2020.
300			_a246 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-236) and index.
505	0		_aHigh and dry -- The flood next time -- Pumping air -- Empire of dirt -- Failing upward -- Gully washers -- The big lift -- The future of the farm.
520			_a"An unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and former farmer Tom Philpott. More than a decade after Michael Pollan's game-changing The Omnivore's Dilemma transformed the conversation about what we eat, a combination of global diet trends and corporate interests have put American agriculture into a state of 'quiet emergency,' from dangerous drought in California -- which grows more than 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat -- to catastrophic topsoil loss in the 'breadbasket' heartland of the United States. Whether or not we take heed, these urgent crises of industrial agriculture will define our future. In Perilous Bounty, veteran journalist and former farmer Tom Philpott explores and exposes the small handful of seed and pesticide corporations, investment funds, and magnates who benefit from the trends that imperil us, with on-the-ground dispatches featuring the scientists documenting the damage and the farmers and activists who are valiantly and inventively pushing back. Resource scarcity looms on the horizon, but rather than pointing us toward an inevitable doomsday, Philpott shows how the entire wayward ship of American agriculture could be routed away from its path to disaster. He profiles the farmers and communities in the nation's two key growing regions developing resilient, soil-building, water-smart farming practices, and readying for the climate shocks that are already upon us; and he explains how we can help move these methods from the margins to the mainstream."--Dust jacket.
650		0	_aAgriculture _xEnvironmental aspects _z United States. _950073
650		0	_aFarms _xEconomic aspects _zUnited States. _950074
650		0	_aFarms _xEnvironmental aspects _zUnited States. _950075
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