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Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xi 1. Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture 1 PART ONE The Industrialization of American Agriculture 21 2. Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture 23 3. Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms 33 4. The Corporatization of America 45 PART TWO New Hope for the Future of Farming 61 5. Rediscovering Agriculture and New Hope for Farming 63 6. Farming in Harmony with Nature and Society 73 7. Reclaiming the Sacred in Food and Farming 81 PART THREE Principles of Sustainable Agriculture 93 8. Do We Really Need to Define Sustainable Agriculture? 95 9. Foundational Principles of Soils, Stewardship, and Sustainability 103 10. Economics of Sustainable Farming 122 11. The Renaissance of Rural America 140 PART FOUR The New American Farmer 157 12. Walking the Talk of Sustainable Agriculture 159 13. Survival Strategies for Small Farms 177 14. Marketing in the Niches for Sustainability 193 15. Local Organic Farms Save Farmland and Communities 207 16. The Triple Bottom Line of Farming in the Future 224 PART FIVE Creating Sustainable Food and Farming Systems 241 17. The Real Costs of Globalization 243 18. Redirecting Government Policies for Agricultural Sustainability 260 19. The New American Food System 274 20. American Agriculture After Fossil Energy 293 Notes 313 ...