Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture -- Part One: The Industrialization of American Agriculture -- 2. Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture -- 3. Corporate Agriculture and Family Farms -- 4. The Corporatization of America -- Part Two: New Hope for the Future of Farming -- 5. Rediscovering Agriculture and New Hope for Farming -- 6. Farming in Harmony with Nature and Society -- 7. Reclaiming the Sacred in Food and Farming -- Part Three: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture -- 8. Do We Really Need to Define Sustainable Agriculture? -- 9. Foundational Principles of Soils, Stewardship, and Sustainability -- 10. Economics of Sustainable Farming -- 11. The Renaissance of Rural America -- Part Four: The New American Farmer -- 12. Walking the Talk of Sustainable Agriculture -- 13. Survival Strategies for Small Farms -- 14. Marketing in the Niches for Sustainability -- 15. Local Organic Farms Save Farmland and Communities -- 16. The Triple Bottom Line of Farming in the Future -- Part Five: Creating Sustainable Food and Farming Systems -- 17. The Real Costs of Globalization -- 18. Redirecting Government Policies for Agricultural Sustainability -- 19. The New American Food System -- 20. American Agriculture After Fossil Energy -- Notes.