Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future

Nicole Y. Chalmer

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CSIRO Publishing
01 May 2021

Agriculture & related industries; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture

Global food security is dependent on ecologically viable production systems, but current agricultural practices are often at odds with environmental sustainability. Resolving this disparity is a huge task, but there is much that can be learned from traditional food production systems that persisted for thousands of years.

Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. The industrialised agricultural systems that are now prevalent across the world require constant input of finite resources, and continue to cause destructive environmental change.

This book explores the damage that has arisen from farming systems unsuited to their environment, and presents compelling evidence that producing food is an ecological process that needs to be rethought in order to ensure resilient food production into the future.

Cultural sensitivity warning

Readers are warned that there may be words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts.

This publication may also contain terms and annotations that reflect the historical attitude of the author or the period in which the item was written and is considered inappropriate today.

By: Nicole Y. Chalmer
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781486313419
ISBN 10: 1486313418
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Acknowledgements Cultural sensitivity warning 1: Transformations of nature and people 2: The original landscapes of nature and culture 3: The first consumers of nature in Australia 4: How to sustain eating nature 5: Healthy ecosystems, healthy food, healthy people 6: Overrun by sheep: the pastoral template for colonisation 7: Ending Aboriginal social ecological systems and animal landscapes 8: Civilising the bush 9: Why change the land use when you can change the landscape? 10: Comparing pathways, past and present: the path chosen may not let you return 11: Ecoagriculture for a sustainable future Appendix Index

Nicole Chalmer gained a Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness before going farming for 30 years. She partnered in developing Coronet Hill at Esperance using ecological principles and perennial pastures for cattle production. Discontent concerning the social-ecological sustainability of modern farming led her to complete an environmental history PhD analysing sustainability of food production systems, from the deep past, colonialism and present.

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Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future

Nicole Y. Chalmer

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