Family Farming

Author : Anonim
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 080321748X

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Family Farming by Anonim Pdf

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. ø 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 : Teresa Opheim
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609384531

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The Future of Family Farms by Teresa Opheim Pdf

A monumental transfer of farmland is occurring in the United States. The average American farmer is fifty-eight years old, and the 40 percent of farmland owners who lease their land to others are even older: sixty-six on average. Five times as many farmers are over sixty-five as are under thirty-five. What will happen to this land? Who will own it? What if one child wants to farm but can't afford to buy out the nonfarming siblings? What if keeping the farm in the family means foregoing the significant profits that could be earned from selling it? These sometimes painful and divisive questions confront many farmers and farmland owners today. How they answer them will shape their families and the land for generations to come. The Farm Legacy Letters project, developed by the member-driven nonprofit Practical Farmers of Iowa, is designed to help farmers and farmland owners think about their farm’s future and talk about it with their families. An essential complement to handbooks on business succession, this book gathers the letters and stories of midwestern families about the land they cherish—how they acquired it, what they treasure most about it, and their hopes for its future. Some of the writers descend from families who have owned a particular patch of the earth since the 1800s, while others became farmland owners more recently—one as recently as 2015. Some are no longer farmland owners at all, because—after careful thought about what mattered most to them—they sold their land to the next generation of farmers. All of these writers hope that, by sharing their farmland legacies, they will encourage others to ponder and then write about the histories, accomplishments, challenges, and hopes for their farmland for the generations who come after they are gone.

Author : Ronald Jager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1584650265

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The Fate of Family Farming by Ronald Jager Pdf

A penetrating look at the condition of family farming--yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Author : Forrest Pritchard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780762794386

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Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard Pdf

One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars’ worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family’s farm. What ensues—through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters—is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard’s biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his career choice and eschews organic foods for sugary mainstream fare; but just when the farm starts to turn heads at local markets, his father’s health takes a turn for the worse.With poetry and humor, this timely memoir tugs on the heartstrings and feeds the soul long after the last page is turned.

Author : Mary Neth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801848989

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Preserving the Family Farm by Mary Neth Pdf

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).

Author : Caitlin Henderson
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780525654186

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Faith, Farming, and Family by Caitlin Henderson Pdf

"When Caitlin Henderson fell in love with a farmer, she learned the important skills of life through refinement in the ever-changing seasons as a mother and farmer's wife. Because Caitlin didn't grow up on a farm, there was a period of adjustment and struggle--intermixed with humorous mishaps--as she learned to navigate this different way of life. The Rural Way is filled with stories and the lessons God taught her along the way about His goodness, grace, love, and redemption. From the big lessons like facing your fears to the simpler ones like the impact of hospitality, adventures such as run-ins with cows, wayward tractors, and a squeaky farmhouse enliven each enthralling story. Woven through every chapter are the scriptures that our weary souls need to be refreshed and strengthened in truth. Caitlin shares how God used the challenges that arise on a farm to refine her, but that each season is one that any wife and mother like you can relate to--even if you're far removed from the rural way of life. Whether you are in the middle of a wheat field, or in the heart of the city, you can grab hold of these moments and lessons as you reflect on a simpler way of life"--

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities Affecting Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Family farms
ISBN : UCR:31210024957829

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Future of Family Farming by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities Affecting Small Business Pdf

Author : Boguslaw Galeski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429712616

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Family Farming In Europe And America by Boguslaw Galeski Pdf

Much has happened since agricultural economists and rural sociologists met at the University of Chicago in 1946 to discuss family farming. The problems and issues related to the structure of agriculture have been intensified by current economic considerations, which promote the growth of larger-scale commercial farming operations and edge out many smaller farms owned, operated, and worked by families. In this book, contributors from eleven nations in Europe and North America provide a comparison of farm structure under different economic and political systems, including Poland as an example of a non-market economy. In addition to providing information on how local, state, and international policies have affected the agricultural enterprise, they look at the role of farmers' organizations in policy formulation and take note of changes in farm patterns and policies that have had an impact on farm production, off-farm work, and the welfare of farm families and rural communities.

Author : Stephen W. Reiss,Irv Reiss
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449088736

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Family, Farming and Freedom by Stephen W. Reiss,Irv Reiss Pdf

"Professional papers and personal articles, primarily in the Sullivan (Indiana) Daily times."

Author : Ranjan Kumar Lahiri
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Famiy Farming in a Developing Economy by Ranjan Kumar Lahiri Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Family farms
ISBN : PURD:32754078069873

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Problems of Entry Into Family Farming by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Joel Salatin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0963810936

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Family Friendly Farming by Joel Salatin Pdf

"Family Friendly Farming offers hope for stressed families, dissatisfied employees, and hurried-harried lifestyles. Based on his love affair with good farming, author Joel Salatin's principles apply to all entrepreneurial, family businesses"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Family farms
ISBN : PURD:32754075454284

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Will the Family Farm Survive in America? by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Family farms
ISBN : UOM:39015078698118

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Will the Family Farm Survive in America?: Federal reclamation policy (Westlands Water District) by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Jenny Barker Devine
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609381707

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On Behalf of the Family Farm by Jenny Barker Devine Pdf

On Behalf of the Family Farm traces the development of women’s activism and agrarian feminisms in the Midwest after 1945, as farm women’s lives were being transformed by the realities of modern agriculture. Author Jenny Barker Devine demonstrates that in an era when technology, depopulation, and rapid economic change dramatically altered rural life, midwestern women met these challenges with their own feminine vision of farm life. Their “agrarian feminisms” offered an alternative to, but not necessarily a rejection of, second-wave feminism. Focusing on women in four national farm organizations in Iowa—the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union, the National Farm Organization, and the Porkettes—Devine highlights specific moments in time when farm women had to reassess their roles and strategies for preserving and improving their way of life. Rather than retreat from the male-dominated world of agribusiness and mechanized production, postwar women increasingly asserted their identities as agricultural producers and demanded access to public spaces typically reserved for men. Over the course of several decades, they developed agrarian feminisms that combined cherished rural traditions with female empowerment, cooperation, and collaboration. Iowa farm women emphasized working partnerships between husbands and wives, women’s work in agricultural production, and women’s unique ways of understanding large-scale conventional farming.