Food Systems, Climate Systems, Landry Systems: The Time for Systems Literacy is Now!
By Linda Booth Sweeney

Excerpt: "When we think of farms as living systems, we see the parts and processes of a farm - the farmer, animals, crops, insects, soil, weather and natural cycles, such as the water cycle - as connected to and nested in each other.  We also see the farm as part of a larger food production system that includes natural and human resources, waste, food processing, distributors and consumers, and we see the farm's role in influencing other systems such as health care, energy independence and climate."