Jackson, Wes. Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. 

Abstract

Calling for an agriculture that will not destroy human or biological communities, that will minimize soil erosion and reliance on chemicals and fossil fuels, that will preserve the information contained in the genetic codes of plants and animals now threatened with extinction, Wes Jackson reconfirms his position as a leading spokesman for an agriculture that is whole and healthy, sustainable and sustaining. Combining findings from scientific and practical research conducted at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, with a keen interpretation of pertinent literature, Jackson demonstrates the wisdom of traditional attitudes to farming, land and resource use, and the interrelations of cultural and biological communities, as he issues an urgent call for a new view of contemporary agricultural problems.