TY - GEN T1 - Growing stories from India : religion and the fate of agriculture T2 - Culture of the land. A1 - Sanford, A. Whitney, 1961- A2 - Shiva, Vandana LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn778339928 AB - "The costs of industrial agriculture are astonishing in terms of damage to the environment, human health, animal suffering, and social equity, and the situation demands that we expand our ecological imagination to meet this crisis. In response to growing dissatisfaction with the existing food system, farmers and consumers are creating alternate models of production and consumption that are both sustainable and equitable. In Growing Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture, author A. Whitney Sanford uses the story of the deity Balaram and the Yamuna River as a foundation for discussing the global food crisis and illustrating the Hindu origins of agrarian thought. By employing narrative as a means of assessing modern agriculture, Sanford encourages us to reconsider our relationship with the earth. Merely creating new stories is not enough--she asserts that each story must lead to changed practices. Growing Stories from India demonstrates that conventional agribusiness is only one of many options and engages the work of modern agrarian luminaries to explore how alternative agricultural methods can be implemented"--Provided by publisher. OP - 269 CN - S494.5.A65 S26 2012eb SN - 9780813134130 SN - 0813134137 SN - 1280123869 SN - 9781280123863 SN - 9780813134123 SN - 0813134129 KW - Alternative agriculture : Philosophy. KW - Agriculture : India : Religious aspects. KW - Food supply : Philosophy. KW - Agriculture : Technologie approprieĢe : Philosophie. KW - Agriculture : Inde : Aspect religieux. KW - Aliments : Approvisionnement : Philosophie. KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING : Agriculture : Agronomy : Crop Science. KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING : Agriculture : Agronomy : General. KW - Agriculture : Religious aspects KW - India KW - Electronic books. ER -