In The Ecological Agrarian , J. Bishop Grewell and Clay Landry share stories of the numerous eco-entrepreneurs at work, the challenges they face, and the benefits they hope to reap. Beginning in 8500 B.C., Grewell and Landry provide a brief overview of how agriculture not only shaped history, but made written history and civilization even possible. From there, they explain how we are entering an unprecedented era where the race to feed the planet is no longer the lone driving force behind agriculture. That battle, they argue, has largely been won. A new age of agriculture presents new challenges and opportunities. Grewell and Landry document agriculture's response and then draw conclusions from successes and failures to determine what institutions best foster the entrepreneurs trailblazing agriculture's future.
Surveys agriculture and pastoralism--preindustrial and postindustrial--on all inhabited continents. Discusses parallel developments among peoples in similar environments as well as variations introduced by disparate factors such as population, available energy, and invented and introduced technology. Developments in dissimilar environments are also compared and contrasted. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
