1. Letter to the editors

   • Jy Chiperzak

   Letter Pages: 1 - 2

2. Letter to the editors

   • C. J. Pomponio

   Letter Pages: 3 - 4

3. Environmental and social implications of waste in U.S. agriculture and food sectors

   • David Pimentel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 20

4. Agricultural technology, wealth, and responsibility

   • Gene Wunderlich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 35

5. The metaphysical transition in farming: From the newtonian-mechanical to the eltonian ecological

   • J. Baird Callicott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 36 - 49

6. The Gandhian approach to swadeshi or appropriate technology: A conceptualization in terms of basic needs and equity

   • J. I. (Hans) Bakker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 88

7. Animals and soil sustainability

   • E. G. Beauchamp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 98