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An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture : Energy Use Efficiency in the American South, PDF eBook

An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture : Energy Use Efficiency in the American South PDF

Part of the Environmental Challenges and Solutions series

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Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides. A systems analysis of farming suggests that agriculture will be more sustainable when services of nature, such as nutrient recycling by soil micro-organisms and natural controls of insects, replace the services now provided by energy from petroleum. Examples are drawn from the Southeastern USA, but lessons learned can be applied worldwide.

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