acreage reduction programSee also Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); set-aside lands, 9

advanced biofuelsSee also biofuel; cellulosic ethanol; renewable energy, 134, 163, 174, 179–181, 184, 192

advocacy coalition, 39, 48, 120, 136, 173, 187, 195, 210n46

agrarian ideologySee also Jeffersonian, 47, 59, 62, 79, 147

agribusiness, 3, 16–17, 74–75, 81, 95–96, 133, 140, 142, 155–156, 182, 211n50

agriculture committee, 36, 58, 60, 97, 100–102, 105, 111, 113, 116, 126, 162, 168, 177, 194, 207n15

alternative agriculture. See sustainable agriculture

American Farm Bureau Federation. See Farm Bureau

antihunger groups. See nutrition

base acreage, 57, 72

beginning farmer, 130, 168

biodieselSee also advanced biofuels; biofuel; cellulosic ethanol; ethanol; renewable energy, 19, 126–127, 133–134, 138, 140–141, 148, 161, 172, 179, 184

bioenergy. See biofuel

biofuelSee also advanced biofuels; biodiesel; cellulosic ethanol; ethanol; renewable energy, 2, 4–5, 8, 15, 19, 50, 81, 88, 90, 112–113, 118, 120–127, 129–130, 133–137, 139–145, 147–168, 170–175, 178–181, 183–186, 191–192, 195–196, 206n11, 211–212n53, 212n60, 212nn62–63, 212n66, 213nn68–70, 213n72, 213n74, 214

biotechnology, 14–15, 43–45, 120, 153, 174

boom-bust cycles, 2, 58, 135

Brazil, 1, 92–93, 95–98, 100, 103, 119, 181, 183, 209n37, 213n68, 214n77

Brazilian cotton caseSee also trade dispute, 93, 97–98, 100, 103, 116–117, 119, 181

Butz, Earl, 66, 80, 83

cellulosic ethanolSee also advanced biofuels; biofuel; renewable energy, 19, 123, 128–129, 131, 134, 137–142, 144–145, 147, 150, 152–153, 163–165, 174, 179–181, 184, 190–192, 212n60, 212n62

classical-modernist, 46, 86, 95, 103, 109, 120, 143–144, 169, 176, 194, 196

climate change, 152, 165, 167, 178

coalition, 15, 22, 39–41, 45–46, 48, 50, 58, 60, 62, 64, 67, 71, 84, 92, 106, 109, 120, 135–137, 141, 152, 173, 187, 195, 205n7, 210n46