Food and the Mid-Level Farm : Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle.
Thomas A. Lyson
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (315 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- I Agriculture of the Middle: Why Farm Structure Matters -- 1 Why Worry about the Agriculture of the Middle? -- 2 Pursuing Long-Term Food and Agricultural Security in the United States: Decentralization, Diversification, and Reduction of Resource Intensity -- II Organizational Structures That Could Support an Agriculture of the Middle -- 3 Cooperative Structure for the Middle: Mobilizing for Power and Identity -- 4 Is Relationship Marketing an Alternative to the Corporatization of Organics? A Case Study of OFARM -- 5 Contractual Integration in Agriculture: Is There a Bright Side for Agriculture of the Middle? -- III Bringing Mid-Level Supply Chains and Consumers Together -- 6 Consumer Considerations and the Agriculture of the Middle -- 7 Values-Based Supply Chains: Strategies for Agrifood Enterprises of the Middle -- IV Policies That Could Support the Agriculture of the Middle -- 8 Toward a Pro-Middle Farm Policy: What Will It Take to Ensure a Promising Future for Family Farming? -- 9 Agriculture of the Middle: Lessons Learned from Civic Agriculture -- 10 The Effect of Laws That Foster Agricultural Bargaining: Apple Growers in Michigan and New York State -- 11 Sustaining the Middle: The Roles of Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-Environmental Payments -- 12 The Prospects and Limits of Antitrust and Competitive-Market Strategies -- Epilogue: Strategies for Strengthening the Agriculture of the Middle -- Appendix: The Changing Status of Farms and Ranches of the Middle -- Contributors -- Index.. - Practitioners and scholars from a range of disciplines discuss how midsize farms can better connect with consumers, organize collectively to develop markets for their products, and promote public policies that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues.
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| ISBN | 9780262278751
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