In Search of Meadowlarks: Birds, Farms, and Meals in Concord with the Land

An ornithologist’s private take a look at farming practices that finds sensible options for sustainable meals manufacturing suitable with hen and wildlife conservation

With predictions of a human inhabitants of greater than 9 billion by the center of this century and eleven billion by 2100, we stand at a crossroads in our agricultural evolution. On this clear and interesting but scientifically rigorous guide, wildlife biologist John M. Marzluff takes a private method to sustainable agriculture. He travels to farms and ranches throughout North and Central America, together with a Nebraska corn and soybean farm, California vineyards, cattle ranches in Montana, and small sustainable farms in Costa Rica, to know the distinctive challenges and options to sustainable meals manufacturing.
 
Agriculture and wildlife can coexist, Marzluff argues, if farmers are justly rewarded for conservation; if future technological developments enhance meals manufacturing and cut back meals waste; and if shoppers in the reduction of on meat consumption. Starting with a glance backward at our evolutionary historical past and concluding with sensible options for change that can profit farmers and ranchers, he supplies an accessible and insightful research for the ecologically minded citizen, farmer, rancher, or conservationist.