Alternative Farm Policies for the 1995 Farm Bill and Beyond
Author | : Kathleen Marie Painter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Agricultural price supports |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kathleen Marie Painter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Agricultural price supports |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 932 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steve Martinez |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1437933629 |
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
Author | : Chad Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Agriculture and state |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ephraim Chirwa |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2013-09-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199683522 |
This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.
Author | : Patricia Allen |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 027104568X |
Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New York, low-income residents are producing organically grown fruits and vegetables for their own use and to sell at market. In Madison, Wisconsin, shoppers select their food from a bounty of choices at a vibrant farmers&’ market. Together at the Table is about people throughout the United States who are building successful alternatives to the contemporary agrifood system and their prospects for the future. At the heart of these efforts are the movements for sustainable agriculture and community food security. Both movements seek to reconstruct the agrifood system&—the food production chain, from the growing of crops to food production and distribution&—to become more ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just. Allen describes the ways in which people working in these movements view the world and how they see their place in challenging and reshaping the agrifood system. She also shows how ideas and practices of sustainable agriculture and community food security have already woven their way into the dominant agrifood institutions. Allen explores the possibilities this process may hold for improving social and environmental justice in the American agrifood system. Together at the Table is an important reminder that much work still remains to be done. Now that the ideas and priorities of alternative food movements have taken hold, it is time for the next&—even more challenging&—step. Alternative agrifood movements must acknowledge and address the deeper structural and cultural patterns that constrain the long-term resolution of social and environmental problems in the agrifood system.
Author | : Jules N. Pretty |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2012-06-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1136529276 |
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
Author | : Kathleen M. Painter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Agricultural price supports |
ISBN | : |