Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle (Food, Health
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Lyson, Thomas A. [Editor]; Stevenson, G. W. [Editor]; Welsh, Rick
- Book Title
- Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middl
- ISBN
- 9780262622158
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- Food and the Mid-Level Farm : Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Subject
- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), International / Economics, Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture / General
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Series
- Food, Health, and the Environment Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262622157
ISBN-13
9780262622158
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63848181
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Food and the Mid-Level Farm : Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), International / Economics, Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
Series
Food, Health, and the Environment Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-031164
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Food and the Mid-Level Farmis a clarion call by some of the best minds and voices in the business-scholars and practitioners alike-to reestablish the structures and relationships that will restore an 'agriculture of the middle.' Presenting state of the art research and analysis, this book reveals new and renewed economic models (e.g., coops, and value chains); it reviews and critiques national agricultural, marketing, and land use policies, and reconsiders the values embedded within the agrifood system. Ultimately, it offers a most serious and powerful invitation 'to frame a convincing rationale for a national initiative,' one that will permit economic balance, regional product diversity, and sociocultural values sufficient to shape a sustainable, US agrifood system. Those of us who eat ignore this invitation at our peril." -Laura B. DeLind, Senior Academic Specialist, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, and former Editor-in-chief of Agriculture and Human Values, ""Food and the Mid-Level Farm" is a clarion call by some of the best minds and voices in the business--scholars and practitioners alike--to reestablish the structures and relationships that will restore an 'agriculture of the middle.' Presenting state of the art research and analysis, this book reveals new and renewed economic models (e.g., coops, and value chains); it reviews and critiques national agricultural, marketing, and land use policies, and reconsiders the values embedded within the agrifood system. Ultimately, it offers a most serious and powerful invitation 'to frame a convincing rationale for a national initiative, ' one that will permit economic balance, regional product diversity, and sociocultural values sufficient to shape a sustainable, US agrifood system. Those of us who eat ignore this invitation at our peril." --Laura B. DeLind, Senior Academic Specialist, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, and former Editor-in-chief of Agriculture and Human Values, " [A] valuable addition to the agrifood literature and to alternativeagrifood social movement practices." -- Douglas H. Constance , Agriculture and Human Values, " [A] valuable addition to the agrifood literature and to alternativeagrifood socialmovement practices." -- Douglas H. Constance , Agriculture and HumanValues, ""Food and the Mid-Level Farm" pinpoints critical developments and takes steps in important original directions that will help expand the discourse of 'sustainable agriculture' beyond the very small and the very local." --Mrill Ingram, University of Wisconsin-Arboretum, Madison, "This book fills a great need: an overview of the current academic arguments for why, how, and whether what traditionally is called in the United States 'the family farm' should be saved. "Food and the Mid-Level Farm" will become a major volume on the subject." --Daniel Block, Department of Geography, Chicago State University, [A] valuable addition to the agrifood literature and to alternative agrifood social movement practices.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.1
Synopsis
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. Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that market directly to consumers. As a result, midsize family-operated farms find it increasingly difficult to find and reach markets for their products. They are too big to use the direct marketing techniques of small farms but too small to take advantage of corporate marketing and distribution systems. This crisis of the midsize farm results in a rural America with weakened municipal tax bases, job loss, and population flight. Food and the Mid-Level Farm discusses strategies for reviving an "agriculture of the middle" and creating a food system that works for midsize farms and ranches. Activists, practitioners, and scholars from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, political science, and economics, consider ways midsize farms can regain vitality by scaling up aspects of small farms' operations to connect with consumers, organizing together to develop markets for their products, developing food supply chains that preserve farmer identity and are based on fair business agreements, and promoting public policies (at international, federal, state, and community levels) that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues. Food and the Mid-Level Farm makes it clear that the demise of midsize farms and ranches is not a foregone conclusion and that the renewal of an agriculture of the middle will benefit all participants in the food system--from growers to consumers., 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.
LC Classification Number
HD1476.U6F66 2008
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- f***t (260)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseHighly Recommend seller due to professionalism, great communication, and kind to work with. Fun, interesting store to shop in. Quality of book purchased was like new, value was good, and the appearance of it is as if picked up off shelf in any high end bookstore. Very happy with it. Packed very well with extra coupons inside. Shipping cost fair. Delivery was on time. Would buy again due to the care taken with the whole transaction. Thank You for being a day maker with simply good business!!
- m***4 (945)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThanks so much for an amazing deal! Got a $13.99 book for only $7.58 with free fast shipping! Even better, it was listed as “like-new” but the volume arrived new and still in factory sealed plastic wrapping. The only very minor thing of note was a small tear in the plastic on the bottom in order to apply a tiny overstock mark. I have no complaints, this was a perfect transaction and I can only wish I could find other volumes for such a price.🤓🖖Into the Deepest, Most Unknowable Dungeon Vol. 5 (#256741176303)