WES JACKSON, Ph.D., Salina, Kansas: Co-founder, with Dana Jackson, of The Land Institute, Dr. Jackson is a farmer, philosopher and author of several landmark books on the subject of sustainable agriculture.
Photo source: Caroligna Farm Steward Foundation
One in a series of oral history interviews created by AFSIC to capture the leaders in sustainable agriculture from the decades preceding the 1990s.
Wes Jackson, Ph.D., as the co-founder with Dana Jackson of the Land Institute, has researched and influenced thought on the environment and agriculture in general and specifically perennial polyculture cropping systems based on the prairie ecosystem. He is a farmer, philosopher and author of several landmark books on the subject of sustainable agriculture.
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Source: USDA
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