Ten Crises -- Wicked Problems: Of Progress and Other Utopias -- The Return of the Peasant -- The Farm as Ecosystem -- The Arable Corner -- A Note on Alternative Agriculture -- The Apothecary's Garden -- Beasts of the Field (and Garden): Beyond Shopping Aisle Ethics -- The Fruited Thorn:...

"This book provides a holistic approach regarding the agrifood and rural economy models and practices, as a specific organizational model in highly competitive economy in its path of adapting to the new challenges. It addresses rural economics, agrifood and environment and its paradigms as it is...