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This volume includes 11 case studies that describe in detail the practices and performance of alternative farming systems in the United States.  Case studies range from rice production in California to a mixed crop and livestock farm in southwest Iowa to fresh-market vegetable production in Florida.

Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods in Modern Production Agriculture, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

448 pages, illustrated, photos

Publication Details

  • Published: 1989
  • Publisher: National Academy Press
  • ISBN-10: 0309039878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0309039857
  • Dewey Decimal: 630.973
  • ECHO Library: 630.973 NRC

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