The Fatal Harvest Reader

Prologue Douglas Tompkins
Acknowledgements
Introduction Andrew Kimbrell
 
PART I. Corporate Lies: Busting the Myths of Industrial Agriculture
Chapter 1. Seven Deadly Myths of Industrial Agriculture
-Myth One: Industrial Agriculture Will Feed the World
-Myth Two: Industrial Food Is Safe, Healthy, and Nutritious 
-Myth Three: Industrial Food Is Cheap 
-Myth Four: Industrial Agriculture Is Efficient 
-Myth Five: Industrial Food Offers More Choices 
-Myth Six: Industrial Agriculture Benefits the Environment and Wildlife
-Myth Seven: Biotechnology Will Solve the Problems of Industrial Agriculture
 
PART II. The Agrarian and Industrial Worldviews
Chapter 2. Understanding the Agrarian Ethic
-The Whole Horse: The Preservation of the Agrarian Mind  Wendell Berry
-Agricultural Landscapes in Harmony with Nature Joan Iverson Nassauer
-Global Monoculture: The Worldwide Destruction of Diversity  Helena Norberg-Rodge
-Farming in Nature's Image: Natural Systems Agriculture  Wes Jackson
 
Chapter 3. Understanding Industrial Agriculture
-Hard Times for Diversity David Ehrenfeld
- Machine Logic: Industrializing Nature and Agriculture  Jerry Mander
-Industrial Agriculture's War against Nature Ron Kroese 
-The Impossible Race: Population Growth and the Fallacies of Agricultural Hope Hugh H. litis
 
PART III. Industrial Agriculture's Toxic Trail
Chapter 4. Technological Takeover
-Artificial Fertility: The Environmental Costs of Industrial Fertilizers Jason McKenney
-Hidden Dimensions of Damage: Pesticides and Health  Monica Moore
-Untested, Unlabeled, and You're Eating It: The Health and Environmental Hazards of Genetically Engineered Food Joseph Mendelson Ill
- Nuclear Lunch: The Dangers and Unknowns of Food Irradiation  Michael Colby 
 
Chapter 5. Ecological Impacts
-Tilth and Technology: The Industrial Redesign of Our Nation's Soils Peter Warshall
-Water: The Overtapped Resource Mark Briscoe
-Our Forgotten Pollinators: Protecting the Birds and the Bees Mrill Ingram, Stephen Buchmann, and Gary-+ Nabhan
-Can Agriculture and Biodiversity Coexist?  Catherine Badgley
-Wildlife Health Kelley R. Tucker
 
PART IV. Organic & Beyond: Revisioning Agriculture for the 21st Century
Chapter 6. Name the Enemy
-The End of Agribusiness: Dismantling the Mechanisms of Corporate Rule Dave Henson
-Intellectual Property: Enhancing Corporate Monopoly and Bioserfdom Hope J. Shand
-Globalization and Industrial Agriculture  Debi Barker
 
Chapter 7. Going Organic & Beyond
-Uncle Ben: Coin' Organic Just Like We Used To  Jim Hightower
-Organics at the Crossroads: The Past and the Future of the Organic Movement Michael Sligh
-The Ethics of Eating: Why Environmentalism Starts at the Breakfast Table Alice Waters
-Fully Integrated Food Systems: Regaining Connections between Farmers and Consumers Rebecca Spector
-Community Food Security: A Promising Alternative to the Global Food System Andrew Fisher
-Eco-Labels: Promoting Alternatives in the Marketplace  Betsy Lydon
-Farming with the Wild: A Conservation Approach to Agriculture Daniel Imhoff
 
Afterword
Hope Wendell Berry
Contributors
Selected References and Readings
Organizational Resources
Index