agricultural ecology

Discusses an "alternative agriculture" that produces healthful food as well as managing a farming biodiversity, and includes information on agroecological restoration.

Discusses machines, breeding, chemicals, artificial insemination, fertilizers, pesticides, and other technology employed in modern farming and considers their effects on our environment and on the future.

Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.

Describes the environmental impact of land use, showing how careless development leads to loss of agricultural lands and animal and plant species and causes deforestation, desertification, and urban sprawl.

Discusses the impact of agriculture on the environment and new, environmentally safe farming methods that could create a better future.

Explores the development of farming and agriculture over time, the impact that they have on the environment, and what can be done to lessen that impact.

Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the supermarket tomato, examines the human and environmental impact of having a year-round supply of fresh tomatoes, and discusses the work of a number of people in the industry.