Agricultural Education and Environmental Protection: A Vision of Ecological Agrarianism in America

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Ecological agrarianism came on stage in America in reaction to the development of industrial agriculture, which gained its momentum after World War II. In order to establish a link between agriculture and environmental protection, ecological agrarians emphasize the importance of education in the changing of fundamental assumptions of human’s place in nature and advocated reform of agricultural education, especially that in land-grant university (LGU), which has been quite effective and promising.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 524-527)

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3326-3329

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May 2012

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DOI: 10.2307/3985961

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