Family-size farms
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Family farms |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Family farms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1006 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Family farms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2008-06-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780803217485 |
Americans decry the decline of family farming but stand by helplessly as industrial agribusiness takes over. The prevailing sentiment is that family farms should survive for important social, ethical, and economic reasons. But will they? This timely book exposes the biases in American farm policies that irrationally encourage expansion, biases evident in federal commodity programs, income tax provisions, and subsidized credit services. Family Farming also exposes internal conflicts, particularly the conflict between the private interests of individual farmers and the public interest in family farming as a whole. It challenges the assumption that bigger is better, critiques the technological basis of modern agriculture, and calls for farming practices that are ethical, economical, and ecologically sound. The alternative policies discussed in this book could yet save the family farm, and the ways and means of saving it are argued here with special urgency. ΓΈ This Bison Books edition includes a new introduction by the author providing a more national perspective, underscoring the repetitive cycles of American agriculture over the decade, and assessing the major policy issues that have dominated agriculture in recent years.
Author | : Sarah K Mock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2021-04-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781636768205 |
We love The American Farmer. We trust them to grow our food, to be part of children's nursery rhymes, to provide the economic backbone of rural communities, and to embody a version of the American dream. At the same time, we know that "corporate farms" are disrupting the agrarian way of life that we so admire, and that we've got to do something to stop it. So what's our plan for saving the farms we love? In Farm (and Other F Words), Sarah K Mock dismantles misconceptions about American farms and discovers what makes small family farms work, or why they don't. While exploring the intersection of farming and wealth, Mock offers an alternative perspective on American agricultural history, and outlines a path to a more equitable food system moving forward. Calling for change, Farm (and Other F Words) tackles questions like: Do farmers really get paid not to farm? Are "big corporate farms" the future? How much good has the food movement done for small family farmers? Ultimately, Mock suggests a solution without putting the onus for change on struggling consumers and reminds us that, "the future of American agriculture is not yet decided."
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Farm Production Economics Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dana Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : 9780692155431 |
Rocky, the dog, lives on the multi-generational Rhodes Family Farm. It's a busy place where his gal pal Dusty, her parents and grandparents work together to feed livestock and harvest grain. They do so with the help of their trusty farm equipment, each with its own name and personality.When Coretta the combine breaks down in the middle of harvest, Rocky saves the day by retrieving the one person who can fix her - Gramps.The book depicts the food production process from farm to grain elevator delivery to shipping to finished product. It tells the story of everyone working in harmony on a family farm to help feed the world and the equipment they use to do so.
Author | : Dr Matt Lobley |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2012-11-28 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1409490548 |
As the largest group of natural resource managers on the planet, farmers are at the interface of the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Typically organised around what might be considered the most basic of social units, for generations the family farm has survived wide-ranging exogenous challenges, frequently preserving the line of succession to the next of kin. Now as we face major questions about how we use land and the impact of our land use on the global environment, farming once again faces a challenging and uncertain future. This book draws on the experiences of farmers in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Japan and the EU to examine the special features of family farms and, in particular, the tradition of succession which has enabled them to continue to have such a strong presence in the world today.
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2018-08-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9251095027 |
This report provides an overview of a study conducted in the NENA region in 2015-2016 in partnership with FAO, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM and six national teams, each of which prepared a national report. In the six countries under review in the NENA region (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan and Tunisia), agriculture is carried out primarily by small-scale family farmers, the majority of whom run the risk of falling into the poverty trap, largely due to the continuous fragmentation of inherited landholdings. As such, the development of small-scale family farming can no longer be based solely on intensifying agriculture, as the farmers are not able to produce sufficient marketable surplus due to the limited size of their landholdings. An approach based strictly on agricultural activity is also insufficient (as small-scale family farms have already diversified their livelihoods with off-farm activities). In fact, developing small-scale farming cannot be achieved by focusing strictly on t he dimension of production.
Author | : Mary Neth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780801848988 |
Between 1900 and 1940 American family farming gave way to what came to be called agribusiness. Government policies, consumer goods aimed at rural markets, and the increasing consolidation of agricultural industries all combined to bring about changes in farming strategies that had been in use since the frontier era. Because the Midwestern farm economy played an important part in the relations of family and community, new approaches to farm production meant new patterns in interpersonal relations as well. In Preserving the Family Farm Mary Neth focuses on these relations--of gender and community--to shed new light on the events of this crucial period. (source: 4e de couverture).