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John E. Ikerd

 Professor Emeritus of Agricultural & Applied Economics 
University of Missouri Columbia 

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources 

5121 S. Brock Rodgers Road 
Columbia, MO 65201 
Phone: 573-874-0408    Fax: 573-874-0408 
E-mail:  JEIkerd@centurytel.net

     Vita     Background     Publications 1989-99

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John Ikerd’s Personal Website

http://www.johnikerd.com

 

RECENT PAPERS ON-LINE

NEW ONLINE August 2011

The Sustaining People through Agriculture Series

New Farm Economics Series

Small Farms Series

The New American Farm Series

Sustainable Agriculture Series

The Ecology of Sustainability Series

The Future of Food and Farming in America Series

Sustainable Community Development Series

The Economic of Sustainability Series

Sustainability & Confinement Animal Feeding Series

Selected Links: (Video, Audio, Text)

 

Ecological Capitalism (video)

Real Cost of Food (video)

Small Farms are Real Farms (audio)

Economic Sustainability (audio)

The Farm Economy: State of the Union (text)

Managing Sustainable Organizations (text)

Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Ethics and Morality (text)

Books by John Ikerd 

        

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Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense

Available from Kumarian Press Inc.

 

* Why is today’s capitalist economy unsustainable?

* What are the essentials of a sustainable economy?

* How can we manage sustainable organizations?

* What are the three economies of sustainability?

* How can we manage a sustainable economy?

 

 

 

 

 

Small Farms are Real Farms:

Sustaining People Through Agriculture

Available from Acres USA, Inc.

 

* Why is America experiencing a small farm revolution?

* Why is it important to sustain people, not just agriculture?

* How can small farms be managed for sustainability?

* What are the economic keys to small farm sustainability

* Why does America need small farms for food security?

 

 

 

 

 

Revolution of the Middle… Pursuit of Happiness

Free on-line at: http://www.johnikerd.com

 

* What’s really wrong with today’s economy?

* Are capitalism and democracy sustainable?

* What if we saw the world differently?

* How can we find purpose and meaning in life?

* What is the source of true happiness?

* How can we reclaim our society and economy?

 

 

 Return to Common Sense

Available from R. T. Edwards Publishers

 

* How did America become an unsustainable society?

* What is the new vision of societal sustainability?

* What does common sense have to do with sustainability?

* Why do we need revolution rather than evolution?

* How can we achieve the victory of sustainability?

 

 

 

 

 

Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture

Available from University of Nebraska Press

 

* How is crisis and agriculture related to sustainability?

* What is driving the sustainable agriculture movement?

* What are the key principles of sustainable farming?

* What’s different about the new American farmers?

* How can we create a new sustainable food system?

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