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Frederick L. Kirschenmann: Cultivating an ecological conscience, essays from a farmer philosopher. Edited by Constance L. Falk

Frederick L. Kirschenmann: Cultivating an ecological conscience, essays from a farmer... Agric Hum Values (2012) 29:429–430 DOI 10.1007/s10460-012-9386-6 Frederick L. Kirschenmann: Cultivating an ecological conscience, essays from a farmer philosopher. Edited by Constance L. Falk The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ken, 2010, 420 pp, ISBN 978-0-8131- 2578-7 Robert J. Wengronowitz Accepted: 1 June 2012 / Published online: 21 June 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 Cultivating an Ecological Conscience is a chronologically was ‘‘taking care of the land’’ (8). Caring for the land and thematically organized collection of essays and talks means practicing a land ethic, which ‘‘reflects the existence given by Frederick Kirschenmann. The first section details of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a his journey as a rising star in the academy back to the conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the struggling family farm in North Dakota. The material land. Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal. ranges from practical advice for transitioning farmers to Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this more esoteric ideas, such as how sustainable farming might capacity’’ (Leopold 1949, p. 221). For Kirschenmann, these be ‘‘part of a conceptual revolution that could be as mind- words represent ‘‘the summation of all that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Frederick L. Kirschenmann: Cultivating an ecological conscience, essays from a farmer philosopher. Edited by Constance L. Falk

Wengronowitz, Robert
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 29 (3) – Jun 21, 2012
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Copyright © 2012 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
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0889-048X
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1572-8366
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10.1007/s10460-012-9386-6
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Agric Hum Values (2012) 29:429–430 DOI 10.1007/s10460-012-9386-6 Frederick L. Kirschenmann: Cultivating an ecological conscience, essays from a farmer philosopher. Edited by Constance L. Falk The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ken, 2010, 420 pp, ISBN 978-0-8131- 2578-7 Robert J. Wengronowitz Accepted: 1 June 2012 / Published online: 21 June 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 Cultivating an Ecological Conscience is a chronologically was ‘‘taking care of the land’’ (8). Caring for the land and thematically organized collection of essays and talks means practicing a land ethic, which ‘‘reflects the existence given by Frederick Kirschenmann. The first section details of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a his journey as a rising star in the academy back to the conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the struggling family farm in North Dakota. The material land. Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal. ranges from practical advice for transitioning farmers to Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this more esoteric ideas, such as how sustainable farming might capacity’’ (Leopold 1949, p. 221). For Kirschenmann, these be ‘‘part of a conceptual revolution that could be as mind- words represent ‘‘the summation of all that

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