Chapter 10 Food, Soil Conservation, and Pest Management

Chapter 10 Food, Soil Conservation, and Pest Management

General information on books can be reviewed at websites such as amazon.com.

Access Excellence. About Biotech: Bioethics. http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/IE/bioethics.html

Adams, Barbara B. 2005. Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth. Auburn, Calif.: New World Publishing.

Ag BioTech Info Net. http://www.biotech-info.net/about.html

AgBioworld. http://www.agbioworld.org/

Agriculture Database. Agriculture, Food, Forestry. http://agrifor.ac.uk/

Agroforestry. http://www.worldagroforestry.org/

Ag View (Searchable Index). http://www.agview.com/

Alexander, Brian. 2004. Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion. New York: Basic Books.

Allen, Anita. 2004. The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the Twenty-First Century Moral Landscape. New York: Miramax.

Alliance for Bio-Integrity. http://www.biointegrity.org/

Alsharhan, S., et al., eds. 1995. Desertification in the Third Millennium: Proceedings of an International Conference. http://books.google.com/books?id=acFMCBzB_JMC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=+kassas+m+1995+%22desertification+a+general+review%22+journal+of+arid+environments&source=web&ots=9Rw5gvsKsp&sig=_rwD9fqxdhKS-qL8JbPVKA0btmM - PPP1,M1

Altieri, Miguel A. 1995. Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press.

Altieri, Miguel A. 2000.”The Ecological Impacts of Transgenic Crops on Agroecosystem Health.” Ecosystem Health, vol. 6, no. 1, 13-23.

Altieri, Miguel A. 2001. “The Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology.” BioScience, February. http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/altieri.html

Altieri, Miguel A. 2004. Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: The Myths, Environmental Risks, and Alternatives. 2nd ed. Oakland, Calif.: Food First

American Farmland Trust: Saving the Land That Sustains Us. http://www.farmland.org/

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Issues in Biotechnology. http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/index.html

Aquaculture Network Information Center. http://www.aquanic.org/

Ashman, Mark R., and Geeta Puri. 2002. Essential Soil Science. Hoboken, N. J.: Wiley.

Ausubel, Kenny. 1994. Seeds of Change: The Living Treasure. New York: HarperCollins.

Avery, Dennis T. 1997. "Saving Nature's Legacy Through Better Farming." Issues in Science and Technology, Fall, 59.

Avery, Dennis T. 2000. Saving the Planet With Pesticides and Plastic: The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Agriculture. Washington, D. C.: Hudson Institute.

Avise, John C. 2004. The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from Agriculture, Industry, Medicine, and the Environment. New York: Oxford University Press.

Bailey, Britt, and Marc Lappe, eds. 2002. Engineering the Farm: The Social and Ethical Aspects of Agricultural Biotechnology. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.

Bailey, Ronald. 2005. Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution. Amherst, N. Y.: Prometheus.

Bains, W. 2003. Biotechnology from A to Z. New York: Oxford University Press.

Barnoza, David. 2007. “In China, Farming Fish in Toxic Waters.” New York Times, Dec. 15. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/world/asia/15fish.html?hp

Bardach, John E., ed. 1997. Sustainable Aquaculture. Hoboken, N. J.: Wiley.

Baskin, Yvonne. 2005. Underground: How Creatures of Mud and Dirt Shape Our Lives. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.

Benbrook, Charles M., et al. 1996. Pest Management at the Crossroads. Yonkers, N. Y.: Consumer's Union.

Benbrook, Charles M. 2001. “Do GM Crops Mean Less Pesticide Use?” Pesticide Outlook, vol. 5, 204. http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/More-GMOs-Less-Pesticide.htm

Benyus, Janine. 2002. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York: Harper Perennial.

Beres, Semantha, ed., 2002. Pesticides (Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues). Farmington Hills, Mich.: Greenhaven Press.

Berrill, Michael. 1997. The Plundered Seas: Can the World's Fish Be Saved? San Francisco, Calif.: Sierra Club Books.

Berry, Wendell. 1982. The Gift of Good Land. New York: North Point Press.

Berry, Wendell. 1996. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture. 3rd ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Sierra Club.

Berry, Wendell, and Norman Wirzba 2003. The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry. Emeryville, Calif.: Shoemaker & Hoard.

Billig, Priscilla. 2000. “Offshore Aquaculture Project Yields a Traditional Hawaiian Delicacy.” http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_hawaii.html

Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association. Biodynamics. http://www.biodynamics.com/

Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America. http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/

Biotechnology Industry Organization. http://www.bio.org/

Biotechnology Information Center. http://www.searca.org/~bic/

and http://www.library.uiuc.edu/biotech/

Bongaarts, John. 1994. "Can the Growing Human Population Feed Itself?" Scientific American, March, 36.

Bormann, F. Herbert, et al. 2001. Redesigning the American Lawn: A Search for Environmental Harmony. 2nd ed. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press.

Boyd, Claude E., and Jason W. Clay. 1998. "Shrimp Aquaculture and the Environment." Scientific American, June, 58.

Bradley, Fern M., and Barbara W. Ellis, eds. 1993. Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening : The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale.

Bradley, Nina L. 2002. The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems With Ecosystems. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.

Brady, Nyle C., and Ray R. Weil 2007. The Nature and Properties of Soils. 14th ed. Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Prentice Hall.

Brain, Marshall. How Food Works. http://home.howstuffworks.com//food.htm

Bray, Francesca. 1994. "Agriculture for Developing Nations." Scientific American, July, 30.

Briggs, Shirley, and the Rachel Carson Council. 1992. Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards. London: Taylor & Francis. http://www.members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/samples.htm - contact

Brookfield, Harold. 2001. Exploring Agrodiversity. New York: Columbia University Press.

Brookfield, Harold, and Christine Padoch. 1994. "Appreciating Biodiversity: A Look at the Dynamism and Diversity of Indigenous Farming Practices." Environment, June, 6.

Brown, Kathryn. 2001.”Seeds of Concern.” Scientific American, vol. 284, no. 4, 50.

Brown, Lester R. 1996. Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity. New York: W. W. Norton.

Brown, Lester R. 2000. Fish Farming May Soon Overtake Cattle Ranching As a Food Source. Earth Policy Institute, October 3. http://www.earth-policy.org/Alerts/Alert9.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2001. Dust Bowl Threatening China’s Future. Earth Policy Institute, May 23. http://www.earth-policy.org/Alerts/Alert13.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2002. World’s Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure. Earth Policy Institute, February 5. http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update6.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2003. China Losing War With Advancing Deserts. Earth Policy Institute, August 5. http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update26.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2003. World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based on Unsustainable Use of Water. Earth Policy Institute, March 13. http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update22.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2004. World Food Security Deteriorating. Earth Policy Institute, May 5. http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update40.htm

Brown, Lester R. 2005. Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge In An Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures. New York: W. W. Norton. http://www.earth-policy.org

Brown, Lester R. 2007. Plan B: 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. New York: W. W. Norton. http://www.earth-policy.org

Brown, Lester R., and Brian Halweil. 1998. "China's Water Shortage Could Shake World Food Security." World Watch, July/August, 10.

Bruinsma, Jelle. 2003. World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030: An FAO Perspective. London: Earthscan.

Buchmann, Stephen L., and Gary P. Nabhan. 1997. The Forgotten Pollinators. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.

Cajete, Gregory, ed. 1999. A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living. Santa Fe, N.M.: Clear Light.

Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Food. http://www.thecampaign.org/

Campbell, Stu. 1992. Let It Rot: The Gardener's Guide to Composting. Pownal, Vt.: Storey Communications.

Carrol, Steven B., et al. 2004. Ecology for Gardeners. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press.

Carson, Rachel. 1962. Silent Spring. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin.

Cayfird, Jerry. 2004. “Breeding Sanity into the GM Food Debate.” Issues in Science and Technology, Winter, 49.

Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS). http://www.cetos.org/

Center for Food Safety. http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/home.cfm

Center for Food Safety. 2005. Monsanto vs. U. S. Farmers. Washington, D. C.: Center for Food Safety.

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Biotechnology Project. http://cspinet.org/biotech/

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Health, Nutrition, and Diet. http://cspinet.org/nutrition/

Charles, Daniel. 2001. "Seeds of Discontent" Science, vol. 294, 772.

Charles, Daniel. 2002. Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food. Reading, Mass.: New York: Perseus.

Charles, Daniel. 2003. “Corn That Clones Itself.” Technology Review, March 23, 33.

Charman, P.E.V., and B.W. Murphy. 2007. Soils: Their Properties and Management, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Christensen, Jon. 2002. “Environmentalists Hail the Ranchers: Howdy, Partners!” New York Times, September 10. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/science/earth/10RANC.html?ex=1096257600&en=8f876ba9a6b676ce&ei=5070&ex=1061352000&en=a621447340029f75&ei=5070

Clark, Colin W. 2006. The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries: The Use and Misuse of Models. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Clay, Jason. 2004. World Agriculture and the Environment: A Commodity-By-Commodity Guide to Impacts and Practices. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.

Clemings, Russell. 1996. The False Promise of Desert Agriculture. San Francisco, Calif.: Sierra Club Books.

Cleveland, David A., and Daniela Soleri, eds. 2002. Farmers, Scientists, and Plant Breeders: Integrating Knowledge and Practice. Cambridge, Mass.: CABI.

Cloyd, Raymond A., et al. 2004. IPM for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press.

Colborn, Theo, et al. 199. Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival. New York: Dutton.

Coleman, David C., et al. 2004. Fundamentals of Soil Ecology. 2nd ed. London: Elsevier.

Coleman, Elliot., et al. 1995. The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener. 2nd ed. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green.

Coleman, Elliot., et al. 1999. Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetable From Your Home Garden All Year Long. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green.

Colorado State University. Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide. http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/current.html

Conaway, Gordon R. 2000. "Food for All in the 21st Century." Environment, vol. 42, no. 1, 9.

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Consumers Union. Genetically Engineered Food. http://www.consumersunion.org/i/Food_Safety/Genetically_Engineered_Food/index.html

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Davis, Margaret. 1997. Balcony, Terrace, and Patio Gardening. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum.

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Denckla, Tanya. 2004. The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food. Markham, Ontario, Canada: Storey Books.

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Diamond, Jared. 2006. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Penguin.

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Drlica, Karl A. 1996. Double-Edged Sword: The Promises and Risks of the Genetic Revolution. New York: Perseus

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