Corporation Farming

Corporation Farming
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1968
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Investigates the effects of corporate farming on small business and on the economic and social structure of rural America in the Great Plains and upper Midwest. May 20 and 21 hearings were held in Omaha, Nebr., and July 22 hearing was held in Eau Claire, Wis. Includes Committee Print No. 13, "Small Business and the Community -- A Study in Central Valley of California on Effects of Scale of Farm Operations," Dec. 23, 1946 (p. 295-441).

Corporate Farming

Corporate Farming
Author: Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017
Genre: Agricultural industries
ISBN: 9781534500518

Corporate farms have solved so many of the worlds problems. In addition to making healthy food accessible and affordable to more people, they provide jobs in communities that sorely need them. But do corporations have too much power over food? Do they benefit from unfair tax breaks? Are their profit-driven practices hurting the environment, perhaps irreparably? And what does their success mean for the family farmer? This thought-provoking volume tackles these t

The Meat You Eat

The Meat You Eat
Author: Ken Midkiff
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780312325367

The author examines the dangers posed by corporate control of agriculture, maintains that big business is more concerned with volume and profits at the risk to consumer health, and argues that supporting local farmers will improve the quality of life for all.