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Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate
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June 1, 2005
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Copyright informationCopyright North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Jun 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate By Thomas R. De Gregori, Iowa State Press, 2004. 211 pages. Hardcover, $59.99
The author of this book clearly sees organic agriculture as antiscience and indicates that in the preface. He considers organic agriculture to be part of a body of "vitalist beliefs' which are "largely harmful in their impact" and acknowledges that the book is a "partisan book" in his opposition to vitalist beliefs. He further states in the preface that he "feels compelled to make strong forthright arguments in favor of a set of ideas and practices as well as set forth strong arguments against what I believe to be wrong ideas and practices." From that starting point he ...
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