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"Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned, and ultimately imperilled, agriculture in the area. The social and ecological crises of our industrialized food system are becoming more acute, and questions about where our food comes from and under what conditions have never been more important. At the centre of these questions--and of any efforts to re-localize food systems--is the land. This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system."--

Flood dams and reservoirs. --- Salt marshes. --- Reclamation of land. --- Land, Reclamation of --- Land melioration --- Land reclamation --- Melioration of land --- Land use --- Shore protection --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- Flood control dams --- Dams --- Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering) --- Flood control --- Reservoirs --- Canada. --- History. --- Histoire. --- Fundy, Bay of, Region --- Fundy, Région de la baie de --- MMRA (Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration) --- Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration --- Fundy, Bay of --- Land use, Rural --- Agriculture --- Holland Marsh (Ont.)

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Coastal habitats provide the link between the land and the sea. They are dynamic, combine to form ecosystems of great complexity and provide significant areas for wildlife. Their landscapes are treasured by visitors, painters and musicians. They also provide locations for significant economic activity and are intimately bound up with fisheries, providing food and shelter for some species of commercially exploited fish stocks. The habitats themselves provide a buffer to tides and wave action, which may be particularly important in areas where relative sea level is rising and during storm periods. Managing these assets in the face of continuing pressure from human populations on a sustainable basis is a major task.

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