Food and the mid-level farm renewing an agriculture of the middle

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Cambridge, Mass. MIT 2008
Schriftenreihe:Food, health, and the environment
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Agriculture of the Middle: Why Farm Structure Matters -- Why Worry about the Agriculture of the Middle? -- 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 -- Cooperative Structure for the Middle: Mobilizing for Power and Identity -- Is Relationship Marketing an Alternative to the Corporatization of Organics? A Case Study of OFARM -- Contractual Integration in Agriculture: Is There a Bright Side for Agriculture of the Middle? III Bringing Mid-Level Supply Chains and Consumers Together -- Consumer Considerations and the Agriculture of the Middle -- Values-Based Supply Chains: Strategies for Agrifood Enterprises of the Middle IV Policies That Could Support the Agriculture of the Middle -- Toward a Pro-Middle Farm Policy: What Will It Take to Ensure a Promising Future for Family Farming? -- Agriculture of the Middle: Lessons Learned from Civic Agriculture -- The Effect of Laws That Foster Agricultural Bargaining: Apple Growers in Michigan and New York State -- Sustaining the Middle: The Roles of Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-Environmental Payments -- The Prospects and Limits of Antitrust and Competitive-Market Strategies
Discussing strategies for reviving an 'agriculture in the middle' and creating a food system that works for midsize farms and ranches, this book considers the ways midsize farms can regain vitality by scaling up aspects of small farms' operations to connect with consumers and develop food supply chains that preserve farmer identity
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 296 p.)
ISBN:9780262278751
0262278758
9781435651869
1435651863