Edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson

Island Press, 2002, 250 p., ISBN 1-55963-847-8 Paperback

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The Farm as Natural Habitat is both hopeful and visionary, grounded in real examples, and guided by a commitment to healthy land and thriving communities. It is the first book to offer a viable approach to addressing the challenges of protecting and restoring biodiversity o­n private agricultural land and is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of land or biodiversity conservation, farming and agriculture, ecological restoration, or the health of rural communities and landscapes. Contributors bring together insights and practices from the fields of conservation biology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental restoration to link agriculture and biodiversity, farming and nature, in celebrating a unique alternative to conventional agriculture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1. Agriculture as Ecological Sacrifice
1. The Farm as Natural Habitat, Dana L. Jackson
2. Nature's Backlash, Brian A. DeVore
3. The Farm as Natural Preserve and the Conservation Biologist, Laura L. Jackson

Part II. Restoring Nature o­n Farms
4. Return to Coon Valley, Arthur S. (Tex) Hawkins
5. Reading the Land Together, Wellington (Buddy) Huffaker
6. When Farmers Shut Off the Machinery, Brian A. DeVore
7. Stewards of the Wild, Brian A. DeVore
8. Why Do They Do It?, Brian A. DeVore

Part III. Ecosystem Management and Farmlands
9. Nature and Farming in Britain, Heather J. Robertson & Richard G. Jefferson
10. Restoring Prairie Processes to Farmlands, Laura L. Jackson
11. Sustaining Production with Biodiversity, Nicholas R. Jordan
12. Conservation and Agriculture as Neighbors, Judith D. Soule
13. Integrating Wetland Habitat with Agriculture, Carol Sherman & Collin A. Bode

Part IV. Steps Toward Agroecological Restoration
14. Composing a Landscape, Rhonda R. Janke
15. After the Deluge: Integrated Watershed Management in the Red River Valley, Cheryl Miller
16. A Refined Taste in Natural Objects, Beth E. Waterhouse
17. Food and Biodiversity, Dana L. Jackson
18. Agriculture as Public Good, George M. Boody