Database research record2020·United States
Differing Visions of Agriculture: Industrial‐Chemical vs. Small Farm and Urban Organic Production
Heather Gray, K. Rashid Nuri
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Urban Farm DB summary
This paper argues that industrial-chemical agriculture has abandoned the foundations of healthy agriculture, such as seed diversity and soil preservation, replacing them with genetically uniform crops. In contrast, it states that in the United States, small farms and urban agriculture are providing healthy food and reconnecting city dwellers with the life of the soil.