TY - JOUR AU - Stearns, Stacey PY - 2020/05/18 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Breaking the Cycle: Creating a Sustainable Agricultural System JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JA - J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev. VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Review DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.029 UR - https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/823 SP - 333-335 AB - <p><em>First paragraph:</em></p><p>Agriculture is currently in an unsustainable cycle created by the industrial food system. Breaking that cycle and creating a sustainable agriculture system will not be easy and requires dramatically altering the food system framework. <em>In Defense of Farmers: The Future of Agriculture in the Shadow of Corporate Power,</em> edited by Jane W. Gibson and Sara E. Alexander, examines parts of the history of industrial agriculture, the current situation, and a potential future. The book would be valuable for food system leaders and policy-makers and in graduate seminars. Analyses of examples of industrial agriculture in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Bolivia highlight unsustainable methods and suggest improvements that could serve as a starting point for dialogues and decisions on changing the food system framework. . . .</p> ER -