Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813133742 ISBN 13 : 9780813133744

Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2011

Synopsis

Originally published in 2011, Fields of Learning remains the single best resource for students, faculty, and administrators involved in starting or supporting campus farms. Featuring detailed profiles of fifteen diverse student farms on college and university campuses across North America, the book also serves as a history of the student farm movement, showing how the idea of campus farms has come in and out of fashion over the past century and how the tenacious work of students, faculty, and other campus community members has upheld and reimagined the objectives of student farming over time. Ranging in size from less than an acre to hundreds of acres, supplying food to campus dining halls or community food banks, hosting scientific research projects or youth education programs, student farms highlight the interdisciplinary richness and multifunctionality of agriculture, supporting academic work across a range of fields while simultaneously building community engagement and stimulating critical conversations about environmental and social justice. Sayre's introductory chapter describes some of the dilemmas and implications of student farming, while a concluding chapter provides step-by-step guidelines to starting a student farm. Today, as institutions of higher learning face new challenges linked to the global climate crisis and public health emergency, this book holds continued relevance for readers in North America and beyond.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Laura Sayre is a writer and translator (French to English). A part-time farmer, she manages 20 acres in western Massachusetts and is on the board of the North Amherst Community Farm.

Sean Clark is Clarence M. Clark Chair in Mountain Agriculture and professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Berea College in Kentucky.

Frederick L. Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture in Ames, Iowa, and president of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture at Pocantico Hills, New York, has published articles in many books including Farm Aid: A Song For America and Sustainable Agroecosystem Management. He lives in Ames, Iowa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University Press of Kentucky
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813133742
• ISBN 13: 9780813133744
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Éditeur: Sayre Laura, Clark Sean
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible