Beginning in the Prairie Pothole Region of the American Midwest, Agrarian Landscapes takes a unique and colorful journey through farm landscapes as varied as the olive groves of the Mediterranean, the windswept reindeer farms of the Arctic, and the fruit, nut and flower farms of the Hawaiian Islands. These agrarian lands offer not only a means of sustenance, but beauty, biodiversity, and cultural prosperity. 144 pages; 105 color photographs; hardback. Published in partnership with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and the Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CLM) in the Netherlands. |
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| ____________________________________________ Praise for Agrarian Landscapes Illustrated with beautiful photos that remind us why this issue matters, [Values of Agrarian Landscapes] carefully studies 19 regions across Europe and North America that have successfully implemented sustainable policies ranging from reindeer farms in Alaska to olive groves around the Mediterranean...Thoroughly detailed in terms of policies, accomplishments and challenges, such measures point the way to a new relationship with the local landscapes we depend upon for economic prosperity, agricultural produce and aesthetic pleasure. --Jay Walljasper, Executive Editor of Ode magazine Agrarian Landscapes celebrates some of the most tangible efforts to sustain the 'working habitats' that bring us our food, fiber and shelter, along with a host of other ecosystem services as side-benefits. These are the very ecosystem services that the new Millennium Report has declared to be critically-impaired in many parts of the world. This book boldly prescribes how to return them from a damaged condition to one of health, so that they can generate more community wealth. — Gary Nabhan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments, author of Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods Agrarian Landscapes is a masterpiece in its own right, and a breakthrough in global consciousness-raising. — Bill Vorley, International Institute for Environment and Development Agrarian landscapes are integral to the way we live in both Europe and North America. Left to the free market, they will continue to disappear, with consequences to both countries' lands and people. This book is crucial to the debate over our future--no environmentalist, policymaker, planner, organizer, or politician should be without it. — Mark Ritchie, President of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy |