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    2. Biotechnology: science and society at a crossroad

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Eaglesham, Allan (author), Ristow, Sandra (author), and Hardy, Ralph W.F. (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    USA: National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, Ithaca, New York.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D05927
    Notes:
    NABC Report 15. From the annual meeting of the Council in Seattle, Washington, June 1-5, 2003. 292 pages.

    6. The power of narrative in environmental networks

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lejano, Raul (author), Ingram, Mrill (author), and Ingram, Helen (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    International: MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06949
    Notes:
    225 pages., Includes narrative analysis of alternative farming networks.

    18. Development and the Information Age: four global scenarios for the future of information and communication technology

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Howkins, John (author) and Valantin, Robert (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    1997
    Published:
    Canada: International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09580
    Notes:
    Delmar Hatesohl Collection, 59 pages.

    20. Agricultural classics

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nunn, Alexander (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    1967
    Published:
    USA: Oxmoor Press, a subsidiary of The Progressive Farmer Company, Birmingham, Alabama
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10009
    Notes:
    Copy also located in the James F. Evans Collection, 114 pages., An edited collection written to "build something of the spirit that has always pervaded the lives of rural people." Features brief stories, poems, and commentaries. Sections include love of the land, joys of country living, the farmer and his family, creeds for farm living, the soil and growing things, cotton, animal friends, the business of farming, and the lighter side.

    21. Advances in sheep welfare

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ferguson, Drewe (author), Lee, Caroline (author), and Fisher, Andrew (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10099
    Notes:
    318 pages., Available through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. Patrons outside of the university system should contact the ACDC for assistance accessing text., Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library catalog., Advances in Sheep Welfare examines the recent advances made in sheep welfare assessment, handling and management, providing state-of-the-art coverage of the welfare needs of one of the world's most widely farmed animals. The book begins with an introduction to sheep welfare in Part One, with chapters covering biology and natural behavior, sheep production systems, and consumer and societal expectations for sheep products. Part Two goes on to highlight new advances in sheep welfare assessment, before Part Three outlines a wide range of solutions to sheep welfare challenges. The final section looks ahead to the future, considering what sheep welfare will look like in 2030 and beyond. This book is an essential part of the wider ranging series Advances in Farm Animal Welfare, with coverage of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry.

    22. Consumer and societal expectations for sheep products

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Coleman, Grahame (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10102
    Journal Title:
    Advances in sheep welfare
    Notes:
    318 pages., Book in the University of Illinois online collection. Search other sources or contact ACDC., Pages 37-51 in Ferguson, D.; Lee, Caroline; and Fisher, Andrew. 2017. Advances in sheep welfare. Woodhead Publishing, Duxford, United Kingdom.

    23. Social science and sustainability

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Schandl, Heinz (author) and Walker, Lain (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    International: CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10510
    Notes:
    217 pages., ISBN:9781486306404, 217 pages., Social Science and Sustainability draws on the wide-ranging experience of CSIRO'S social scientists in the sustainability policy domain. These researchers have extensive experience in addressing complex issues of society-nature relationships, usually in interdisciplinary collaboration with natural scientists. This book describes some of the evidence-based concepts, frameworks and methodologies they have developed, which may guide a transition to sustainability. Contributions range from exploring ways to enhance livelihoods and alleviate poverty, to examining Australians' responses to climate change, to discussing sociological perspectives on sustainability and how to make policy relevant.

    26. Marking the land: a collection of Australian bush wisdom and humour

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Evans, Jim (author) and Dibble, Brian (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    Australia: University of Western Australia Press, Crawley.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25274
    Notes:
    James F. Evans Collection, Insights about life, conditions, people and perspectives in rural Australia, as reflected in selected sayings from essays, poems, Bush songs, novels, books, advertisements, rural residents and other sources. Photographs by Richard Woldendorp, widely acclaimed for his landscape photographs.

    29. Conservation and conflict: mammals and farming in Britain

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tattersall, Fran (author), Manley, Will (author), and Linnean Society of London, London, England.
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    UK: Westbury Publishing, West Yorkshire, England.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25332
    Notes:
    Linnean Society Occasional Publications 4. 261 pages.

    38. Bountiful harvest: technology, food safety and the environment

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    DeGregori, Thomas R. (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    USA: Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26513
    Notes:
    Originally published as Agriculture and modern technology, Iowa State University Press, Ames, 2001., 262 pages.

    41. No easy harvest: the dilemma of agriculture in underdeveloped countries

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hapgood, David (author) and Millikan, Max F. (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    1967
    Published:
    International: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28613
    Notes:
    178 pages., Includes strong encouragement for two-way communication between farmer and bureaucracy rather than the prevailing on-way, top-down approach that prevails. Also includes a chart classifying the factors that affect agricultural developmen, including cultural, motivational and knowledge factors. (p. 15)

    48. Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nerlich, Brigitte (author), Millar, Kate (author), and West, Pru Hobson (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    International: Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30410
    Notes:
    Papers presented at the EurSafe 2009 Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, July 2-4, 2009. 445 pages.

    50. The myth of the ethical consumer

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Devinney, Timothy M. (author), Auger, Pat (author), and Eckhardt, Giana M. (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    International: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35965
    Notes:
    240 pages.