Six Steps Back to the Land - Why we need small mixed farms and millions more farmers

Drawing on his years of experience working in the farming industry, Colin Tudge shows us why we need a renaissance in our approach to agriculture, and how we can get it started.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Author's preface

The road to enlightened agriculture
Agroecology
The agrarian renaissance

Epilogue: the agrarian renaissance and the Real Farming Trust
Resources
Index

About the author

Colin Tudge is a biologist, science writer and author. He has been on the staff of Farmers’ Weekly, New Scientist, and BBC Radio 3. He has a passion for food and agriculture. He is closely involved in The Campaign for Real Farming and the Funding Enlightened Agriculture network which support SMEs in the sustainable food and farming sector.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Tudge
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2024
• EAN: 9781399420914
• ISBN: 978-1-3994-2091-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Illustrations: Chapter header illustrations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Applied ecology, Environmental Economics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Sustainable agriculture, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Agriculture & Related Industries