| Growing Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture Contributor(s): Sanford, A. Whitney (Author), Shiva, Vandana (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0813134129 ISBN-13: 9780813134123 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Hinduism - General |
| Dewey: 630.954 |
| LCCN: 2011034351 |
| Series: Culture of the Land: A Series in the New Agrarianism (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The costs of industrial agriculture are astonishing in terms of damage to the environment, human health, animal suffering, and social equity, and the situation demands that we expand our ecological imagination to meet this crisis. In response to growing dissatisfaction with the existing food system, farmers and consumers are creating alternate models of production and consumption that are both sustainable and equitable. In Growing Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture, author A. Whitney Sanford uses the story of the deity Balaram and the Yamuna River as a foundation for discussing the global food crisis and illustrating the Hindu origins of agrarian thought. By employing narrative as a means of assessing modern agriculture, Sanford encourages us to reconsider our relationship with the earth. Merely creating new stories is not enough-she asserts that each story must lead to changed practices. Growing Stories from India demonstrates that conventional agribusiness is only one of many options and engages the work of modern agrarian luminaries to explore how alternative agricultural methods can be implemented. |