| Description |
xx, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172). |
| Contents |
Year of Decision 1976: The Rest of the Story -- Down from the College -- Over the Fence Is Out: Softball Rules at West Indianola, District -- Sharon Stays at Home, Mostly -- Why Can't I Pick up Dug Potatoes Fast? -- A Private's Supper on the Oregon Trail near Topeka -- The Matfield Green Women's Club -- Uncle John -- My Life with Plants and Their Ecosystems: 1936-1952 -- How Knowing the FFA Creed Came in Handy -- Brother Harley at the European Union Parliament -- My Start in Botany: Earning a C, the Hard Way -- Dr. Wassermann -- Doc Horr -- Harry Mason -- A Field Trip with Three Great Scientists -- An Appeal to the Russians -- The Lilac Tree is in Near-Full Bloom This Morning, but So What?-- The Danger of Nuance without News -- Wondering about the Origin of Fire -- How Lothar Convinced Me that Dinosaurs Did Not Exist Until Humans Discovered Them -- David Defeats Goliath -- Satan Is on the Other End -- E.F. Schumacher Visits The Land, March 1977 -- The Shard and My Chevy Silverado -- Thoughts on the Natural History of Eden -- The Day I Discovered that I Am a Groupie -- The Necessity of Insulting the Meat: Ferocious Egalitarianism -- Leland -- Conclusion: Hardening Off. |
| Summary |
""Hogs are Up" is a collection of musings and memories by Wes Jackson, founder and president emeritus of The Land Institute, a science-based research organization working to develop an alternative to current destructive agricultural practices. In this volume, Jackson takes full advantage of his natural storytelling gifts, recollecting memories from his childhood Kansas farm, his graduate education and teaching career, and his work on and at "The Land." Pairing these tales of an exceptional life with his carefully-considered ideas on land use, sustainability, and humans' relationship to nature, these stories are meant to engage readers in mutual self-reflection"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Jackson, Wes, 1936-
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Human ecology.
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Radicals -- Kansas -- Biography.
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Deep ecology.
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Jackson, Wes, 1936- (OCoLC)fst00033884
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Deep ecology. (OCoLC)fst00889494
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Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
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Radicals. (OCoLC)fst01087037
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Kansas. (OCoLC)fst01204323
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jensen, Robert, 1958- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780700630592 (hardcover) |
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0700630597 (hardcover) |
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9780700630608 electronic book |
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