From: Debbie Neustadt

I know the author through my work with sustainable ag organizations in
the midwest.
Her daughter and coauthor, Laura Jackson is known for her work with
Dennis Kenney on
sustainable agriculture. This memo promotes Dana's book.
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Subject: New book: The Farm as Natural Habitat
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:52:56 EDT
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Dana is looking for venues for publicizing the ideas in the book;
if you have any ideas, please let her know (contact information is
listed below).

Land Stewardship Project announces the publication of a groundbreaking
new
book: The Farm as Natural Habitat

The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems,
a new
book by the Land Stewardship Project’s Agroecology Program, is available
from
Island Press.

Contributors to this groundbreaking collection of writings promote the
idea
that restoration of a relationship between farming and the natural world
enhances the sustainability of both. Contributors bring together
insights and practices from the fields of conservation biology,
sustainable
agriculture and ecological restoration to link food and farming to
biological
diversity, and celebrate a unique alternative to conventional
agriculture.
Rejecting the idea that "ecological sacrifice zones" are a necessary
part of
feeding a hungry world, the book offers compelling examples of an
alternative
agriculture that can produce not only healthful food, but also fully
functioning ecosystems and abundant populations of native species.

The Farm as Natural Habitat is hopeful and visionary, grounded in
stories
about real farmers, 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.

Dana Jackson, LSP’s Associate Director, co-edited the book with her
daughter,
Laura Jackson, who is a University of Northern Iowa biology professor
and LSP
member. In addition, chapters were written by LSP

Executive Director George Boody, Land Stewardship Letter editor Brian
DeVore,
LSP Board Member Cheryl Miller, and LSP members Tex Hawkins, Nick
Jordan,
Judy Soule and Beth Waterhouse, as well as eight other contributors.
Nina Leopold Bradley, a board member of the Aldo Leopold
Foundation, wrote the foreword.

To order this 250-page book, log onto the Island Press Web site at
www.islandpress.org and click on the “Spring ’02 Catalog.”  You can also
order from the publisher by calling toll free 1-800-828-1302.

Advance Praise for The Farm as Natural Habitat

“This collection of highly readable, down-to-earth narratives of farmers
and
farms pays attention to real science and speaks knowledgeably to policy.
Carefully considered new ideas fill these pages. This is a book
to inspire innovation and serious commitment to change on farms, in
landscapes, and among citizens.”

— Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor of Landscape Architecture, School of
Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan

Dana Jackson
Associate Director
Land Stewardship Project
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http://www.landstewardshipproject.org
651-653-0618

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