Francis, Charles A. (author / University of Nebraska), King, James W. (author / University of Nebraska), Skelton, Peter (author / University of Nebraska), Josiah, Scott J. (author / University of Nebraska), Brandle, James R. (author / University of Nebraska), and Helmers, Glen A. (author / University of Nebraska)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30391
"This paper aims to link changes in the way the central Illinois landscape was imagined and perceived, with the subsequent environmental transformation that resulted in the near total elimination of tallgrass prairie and the wholesale alteration of regional hydrology through channelization and agricultural drainage."
Examines the social dynamics between landlords, tenants and agricultural agency professionals to better understand how those dynamics affect the adoption of sustainable agricultural methods on rented land. Author offers a strategy of change.
Via Directory of Open Access Journals. 6 pages., Uses an ethnopedological approach (human/eco interface) to examine the existence and importance of local knowledge systems about soils and mineral materials.
Dillon, Justin (author), Rickinson, Mark (author), Sanders, Dawn (author), and Teamey, Kelly (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08794
Notes:
Pages 187-203 in Dillon, Justin, Towards a convergence between science and environmental education: the selected works of Justin Dillon. United States: Routledge, New York City, New York, 2017. 361 pages.
