Farm Opportunities in the United States
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Interbureau Coordinating Committee on Post-war Programs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Interbureau Coordinating Committee on Post-war Programs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Mayerfeld Bell |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780271046327 |
Farming for Us All gives us the opportunity to explore the possibilities for social, environmental, and economic change that practical, dialogic agriculture presents.
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Division of Employment |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : PETER H.. ROSENBERG LEHNER (NATHAN A.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-12-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781585762378 |
Farming for Our Future examines the policies and legal reforms necessary to accelerate the adoption of practices that can make agriculture in the United States climate-neutral or better. These proven practices will also make our food system more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Agriculture's contribution to climate change is substantial--much more so than official figures suggest--and we will not be able to achieve our overall mitigation goals unless agricultural emissions sharply decline. Fortunately, farms and ranches can be a major part of the climate solution, while protecting biodiversity, strengthening rural communities, and improving the lives of the workers who cultivate our crops and rear our animals. The importance of agricultural climate solutions can not be underestimated; it is a critical element both in ensuring our food security and limiting climate change. This book provides essential solutions to address the greatest crises of our time.
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rebecca Thistlethwaite |
Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1603584382 |
Do you want to make your farm more dynamic, profitable, and-- above all-- sustainable? Thistlethwaite introduces readers to some of the country's most innovative farmers, in order to help you build a triple-bottom-line farming business focused on economic viability, social justice, and ecological soundness.
Author | : Linda C. Majka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Agricultural laborers |
ISBN | : |
Historical account of the social conflict between agricultural workers and agribusiness, and the role of state intervention in California, USA - analyses agricultural trade unionism since 1870, immigration of Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos, and its regulation; examines the economic recession of the 1930s, rise of rural worker organizations, internal migration, and state-enrolled contract labour; reports on the formation of the United Farm Workers and its struggle for trade union recognition, opposition, and state mediation. Bibliography.
Author | : Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2019-11-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 026235585X |
An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify as white, a growing number of new farmers are immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who originally came to the United States looking for work in agriculture. In The New American Farmer, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern explores the experiences of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners, offering a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. She finds that many of these new farmers rely on farming practices from their home countries—including growing multiple crops simultaneously, using integrated pest management, maintaining small-scale production, and employing family labor—most of which are considered alternative farming techniques in the United States. Drawing on extensive interviews with farmers and organizers, Minkoff-Zern describes the social, economic, and political barriers immigrant farmers must overcome, from navigating USDA bureaucracy to racialized exclusion from opportunities. She discusses, among other topics, the history of discrimination against farm laborers in the United States; the invisibility of Latino/a farmers to government and universities; new farmers' sense of agrarian and racial identity; and the future of the agrarian class system. Minkoff-Zern argues that immigrant farmers, with their knowledge and experience of alternative farming practices, are—despite a range of challenges—actively and substantially contributing to the movement for an ecological and sustainable food system. Scholars and food activists should take notice.