Sustainable Agriculture: A Christian Ethic of Gratitude

This book . . . is an invitation to all Christians to begin constructing a food ethics; to the academic Christian ethicist it presents an opportunity to join a discussion on a topic relevant in so many ways to the life of every American; to the Christian for whom the spark of the divine is detectable in the everyday life it is a chance to begin making ethical sense out of something done every day for the entirety of ones natural life-participating in agriculture. -from the Introduction In Sustainable Agriculture Mark Graham joins the vibrant substantive discussion about the moral issues in American agriculture by revealing what is going on in current agricultural practices and analyzing them in light of morality and sustainability. Grahams constructive proposal for change is based on a moral vision that identifies a group of core values around which our agricultural system should be developed including: a) a consistent safe food supply; b) vital sustainable communities; and c) personal and environmental health.