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Book Title: Farming For Us All: Practical Agriculture & The Cultivation ...
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: Farming for Us All : Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability
Language: English
Publisher: Pennsylvania STATE University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Public Policy / General, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Agriculture / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Sociology / Rural
Item Weight: 19.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Rural Studies
Format: Trade Paperback
