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Morality in Contemporary Agriculture

其他書名	The Organic Movement's Critique of Contemporary Farming
出版	Brigham Young University, 2011
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4GauoQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Since synthetic chemicals and mechanized power were introduced to agriculture in the early 20th century, and as they have continued to be used more intensively, a growing opposition has contended that this transition to an industrial model is maladaptive to agriculture. Commonly known as proponents of organic agriculture, the opposition argues that the problems associated with agriculture today (soil erosion, reliance on pesticides, water pollution, crop stability, biodiversity loss, and contribution to global climate change) derive from industrial proponents' linear, and oversimplified, view of agricultural processes. Organic proponents emphasize an ecological viewpoint that acknowledges the complex interdependencies of biological systems and focuses on the long-term productivity and stability of the system. After analyzing three examples of contemporary debate between the organic and industrial perspectives, I conclude that the organic and industrial perspectives, I conclude that the organic viewpoint provides a basis for agriculture that resolves many of the problems common to industrial agriculture.