Source: 2010 v.25 no.2 / Subject: environmental impact

Author:: Duram, Leslie; Oberholtzer, Lydia
Source:: Renewable agriculture and food systems 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 99-108
Subject:: foods; food production; geography; water management; biodiversity; natural resource management; agriculture; climate change; simulation models; agroecosystems; sustainable agriculture; consumers; consumer attitudes; diet; community development; environmental impact; crops; rural areas; urban areas; farmers; plant adaptation; food miles
Abstract:: ... This article illuminates the geographic concept of ‘place’ in local foods. Because the social aspects of local food have been more fully addressed in previous literature, this review focuses instead on the ecological aspects of farming and food. First, the literature on natural resource use in agriculture provides contextual understanding of water use, biodiversity, soils and agro-ecological metho ...
DOI:: 10.1017/S1742170510000104
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170510000104

Author:: Ervin, David E.; Glenna, Leland L.; Jussaume, Raymond A. Jr.
Source:: Renewable agriculture and food systems 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 143-157
Subject:: agriculture; biotechnology; transgenic plants; genetic engineering; sustainable agriculture; crop yield; environmental impact; herbicide resistance; pest resistance; integrated agricultural systems; crop management; social benefit; social impact; innovation adoption; agricultural research; commercialization; stakeholders
Abstract:: ... Agricultural biotechnology has been largely opposed by advocates in the sustainable agriculture movement, despite claims by the technology's proponents that it holds the promise to deliver both production (economic) and environmental benefits, two legs of the sustainability stool. We argue in this paper that participants in this polarized debate are talking past each other because assumptions abou ...
DOI:: 10.1017/S1742170510000189
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170510000189

Author:: Selfa, Theresa
Source:: Renewable agriculture and food systems 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 129-142
Subject:: energy crops; biofuels; bioenergy industry; agricultural policy; greenhouse gases; gas emissions; environmental impact; pollution control; climate change; agricultural subsidies; social impact; economic impact; ethanol; farm surveys; interviews; case studies; social environment; Kansas; Iowa
Abstract:: ... Recent sociological analysis of the expansion of the biofuels industry internationally has noted the paradox between the purported global environmental benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels with biofuels, and the potential for distinctly negative environmental impacts experienced at local sites of biofuels production. The state, in both the USA and the EU, has pla ...
DOI:: 10.1017/S1742170510000153
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170510000153

Author:: Woolverton, Andrea; Dimitri, Carolyn
Source:: Renewable agriculture and food systems 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 90
Subject:: business enterprises; marketing; profitability; economic impact; social impact; environmental impact; environmental protection; consumer attitudes; consumer preferences; business management; marketing strategies; labeling; governance
Abstract:: ... Along with others, we recognize the impact of human action on environmental quality. At the same time, we note that businesses have entered the ‘green market’. The goal of this paper is to open a discussion about green marketing. We raise questions regarding how firm governance impacts the ability of firms to incorporate environmental objectives into profit maximization. Additionally, we discuss t ...
Handle:: 10113/42917
DOI:: 10.1017/S1742170510000128
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170510000128

Author:: Sorensen, Ann; Daukas, Jimmy
Source:: Renewable agriculture and food systems 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 109-117
Subject:: agriculture; energy use and consumption; natural resources; natural resource policy; natural resource management; agricultural policy; soil quality; air quality; water quality; crop yield; climate change; drought; flooded conditions; water stress; environmental impact; nutrient use efficiency; pesticide use reduction; irrigation; water use efficiency; conservation buffers; farming systems; farm management; United States
Abstract:: ... Improving energy and resource use in US agriculture begins with the soil. Healthy soils improve air and water quality, increase land productivity, help resist the effects of drought and floods, improve energy efficiency and enhance the ability to mitigate climate change. In 1993, the US Board on Agriculture concluded that national policy should seek to: conserve and enhance soil quality as a funda ...
DOI:: 10.1017/S1742170510000086
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170510000086

Author:: Houet, Thomas; Loveland, Thomas R.; Hubert-Moy, Laurence; Gaucherel, Cédric; Napton, Darrell; Barnes, Christopher A.; Sayler, Kristi
Source:: Landscape ecology 2010 v.25 no.2 pp. 249-266
ISSN:: 0921-2973
Subject:: environmental impact; environmental policy; farming systems; land cover; land use change; landscapes; models; rural areas; soil; soil erosion; water pollution; water quality; France; United States
Abstract:: ... Land cover and land use changes can have a wide variety of ecological effects, including significant impacts on soils and water quality. In rural areas, even subtle changes in farming practices can affect landscape features and functions, and consequently the environment. Fine-scale analyses have to be performed to better understand the land cover change processes. At the same time, models of land ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s10980-009-9362-8
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-009-9362-8

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