Mariah's Encyclopedic sources

Discipline: Agriculture, Agricola, EBSCO HOST Keywords: sustainable agriculture and government funding

Rodriguez, Joysee M., et al. "Barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices: Change agent perspectives [electronic resource]." Renewable agriculture and food systems 24.1 (2009): 60-71. Agricola. EBSCO. Web. 26 Oct. 2010.

This article uses data from a study to understand the factors hastening a change to sustainable agriculture. Rodriguez argues that the government is majorly to blame for the resistance. This article will be extremely helpful to my argument because it provides information why conventional farming is so efficient and is outlasting movements to change to sustainable agriculture.

Discipline: Agriculture, Agricola, EBSCO HOST, keywords: sustainable agriculture and government funding

Jones, M.J. "Anticipatory long-term research for sustainable productivity." Experimental agriculture 36.2 (2000): 137-150. Agricola. EBSCO. Web. 26 Oct. 2010.

This article examines dry and fragile farm land that is farmed using current conventional farming methods. The focus is on how to preserve the land although conventional farming provides immediate income returns that suppress actions towards sustainable agriculture. This article will be helpful in my argument because it provides a challenge to sustainable agriculture.

Discipline: Food Science and Technology abstracts, EBSCO, Keywords: Sustainable agriculture and wheat

Wallinga, D. "Today's food system: how healthy is it?." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 4.3--4 (2009): 251-281. FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 26 Oct. 2010.

This article considers the impact “cheap crops” have had on the food system and consumers. Wallinga stresses the impact industrialization of crops and animals have had on the food system. I can use this article in my paper to argue that conventional farming needs alteration from its current state.

Discipline: Food Science and Technology abstracts, EBSCO, Keywords: Sustainable agriculture and United States

Timmon, D., and Wang Qingbin. "Direct food sales in the United States: evidence from state and county-level data." Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 34.2 (2010): 229-24. FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 26 Oct. 2010.

This article argues that food sales relate directly to farm size, population density, available farmland, and region. The study was conducted to understand why sustainable agriculture is promoted but hardly placed into action. I can use this article to examine factors regarding specific regions and the resistance/promotion of sustainable agriculture.