Comments on: Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community http://www.apcaem.org/civic-agriculture-reconnecting-farm-food-and-community Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:16:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: T. Brownfield http://www.apcaem.org/civic-agriculture-reconnecting-farm-food-and-community/comment-page-1#comment-86 T. Brownfield Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.apcaem.org/civic-agriculture-reconnecting-farm-food-and-community#comment-86 The issues that are addressed by Thomas Lyson in this small volume are important and becoming more so. He describes in adequate detail the progression from subsistance farming of our great grand parents to the industrial farms of today. He goes on to discuss how feeding and clothing the world's growing population in that manner is becoming more and more problematic and shows how the development of community based agriculture provides a path out of that morass. <br /> <br />One need not be an agronomist or agricultural economist to appreciate Professor Lyson's statement of the problem and its possible solution. In fact, the non-technical reader could well perceive this book as a good starting point for participation in this most important discussion. Rating: 4 / 5 The issues that are addressed by Thomas Lyson in this small volume are important and becoming more so. He describes in adequate detail the progression from subsistance farming of our great grand parents to the industrial farms of today. He goes on to discuss how feeding and clothing the world’s growing population in that manner is becoming more and more problematic and shows how the development of community based agriculture provides a path out of that morass.

One need not be an agronomist or agricultural economist to appreciate Professor Lyson’s statement of the problem and its possible solution. In fact, the non-technical reader could well perceive this book as a good starting point for participation in this most important discussion.
Rating: 4 / 5

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