A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement Contributor(s): Ackerman-Leist, Philip (Author), Shiva, Vandana (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1603587055 ISBN-13: 9781603587051 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Political Science | Public Policy - Agriculture & Food Policy |
Dewey: 338.109 |
LCCN: 2017024437 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Italy |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/25/2017 Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 5 Foreword 10/26/2017 Choice 08/01/2018 |
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Publisher Description: Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote--making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for other towns and regions to follow. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ackerman-Leist, Philip: - Philip Ackerman-Leist, author of Rebuilding the Foodshed and Up Tunket Road, is a professor at Green Mountain College, where he established the college's farm and sustainable agriculture curriculum, directs its Farm & Food Project, and founded its Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems, the nation's first online graduate program in food systems, featuring applied comparative research of students' home bioregions. He and his wife, Erin, farmed in the South Tyrol region of the Alps and North Carolina before beginning their nineteen-year homesteading and farming venture in Pawlet, Vermont. With more than two decades of field experience working on farms, in the classroom, and with regional food systems collaborators, Philip's work is focused on examining and reshaping local and regional food systems from the ground up. |
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