tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post6954763114142350876..comments2009-09-07T20:59:35.544-04:00Parke Wildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984parke.wilde@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-70305457044716513062009-09-05T12:44:58.679-04:002009-09-05T12:44:58.679-04:00IMO the best way for dietitians to get up to speed on primary food production is to become familiar with agroecology, the emerging discipline of sustainable agriculture. Increasing resource scarcity, particularly of fossil fuels and fresh water, is driving both conventional and organic agriculture in this direction. Wikipedia provides a good overview at <b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroecology</b><br /><br />Departments focusing on the disciple are forming in the Colleges of Agriculture at many traditional land grant universities and a Google search on the term hits many of their web sites. <br /><br />The text <b>Agroecology: The ecology of sustainable food systems</b>, 2nd ed., SR Gliessman (2007) provides a good introduction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com