Course: SAT 100 Principles of Agroecology

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments

Read Chapter 22, "Landscape Diversity and Agroecosystem Management" in Gliessman book

Chapter 22 looks at the current state of agroecology and its loss of diversity in crops and animals over the preceding forty to fifty years.  The unit will explore in more detail sustainable issues that need to be explored in order to provide a more viable sustainable environment.

Envisioning the Future Development of Farming in the USA: Agroecology Between Extinction and Multifunctionality?

This article will help reinforce some of the issues facing us with regard to diversity and how we might be able to make a turn around and become more sustainable.
by Frederick H. Buttel, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in New Directions in Agroecology Research and Education

Agroecological restoration

This article provides an overview of agroecological restoration, including reintegration.
in Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0