From WLockeretz@infonet.tufts.eduSun Feb 11 20:49:11 1996 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 96 17:07:15 EST From: Willie Lockeretz To: sla-fan@ukcc.uky.edu, biosph-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu, malcolm@undp.org, card@card.iastate.edu, ecol-agric@mailbase.ac.uk, egj@uidaho.edu Subject: Publication available Conference Proceedings ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE This volume develops the idea of an agriculture the serves the environment rather than conflicting with it. Its 36 papers offer numerous examples of agricultural systems that benefit the environment in diverse ways: increasing wildlife habitat and biodiversity; protecting water quality in streams and estuaries; producing substitutes for nonrenewable energy sources; turning urban waste into a resource instead of a problem; offering aesthetically appealing landscapes; and bringing urban residents into closer contact with food production and the land. Many of these papers describe specific activities that already are achieving these benefits; others propose forward-looking alternatives that would do more to support environmental quality. The papers give special attention to areawide collaborations in which farmers, concerned citizens, and technical experts work together to establish common goals and develop innovative arrangements to achieve them. The papers are from a conference held in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) in November 1995, sponsored by the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the American Farmland Trust, and the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Copies are $20, postpaid. Payment (in U.S. funds only, please) should be made out to "Trustees of Tufts College." The book will be mailed in March 1996. Please send your prepaid order to: Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 (USA) ********************************************************************