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Concerns about values and caring in the USA are being widelyvoiced in many sectors of the society, including agriculture.The time seems right to bring new ideas about the ethics ofagriculture and eating into public discourse. The Society iswell situated to initiate the dialogue, and Paul Thompson'sbook {\it Spirit of the Soil} (1995) provides an excellentstarting point.
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Clancy, K. 1996 Presidential address to the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Agriculture and Human Values 14, 111–114 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007308714794
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