Private Agro-Environmental Management: Green Business Rising

Authors

David E. Ervin, Portland State UniversityFollow
Frank Casey, Defenders of Wildlife

Published In

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Subjects

Sustainable agriculture, Industrial management -- Environmental aspects

Abstract

This article focuses on the role of business environmental management (BEM) in the food industry. Types of BEM; Benefits of implementing the practice; Importance of giving producers flexibility; How private strategies and ventures may succeed. This article is adapted from a keynote address prepared for Challenging the Agricultural Economics Paradigm, a symposium honoring Luther G. Tweeten, Anderson Professor of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, September 10-11, 2000, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Description

This is the publisher's final pdf. Article appears in Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8698

Publisher

Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

Citation Details

Ervin, D. and F. Casey (2001) "Private Agro-environmental Management: Green business rising." Choices. The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resources Issues 16(3), 34-37.