Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Examination of problems affecting the farm community
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Bet the Farm
Author: Beth HoffmanPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 164283159X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
Book Description
Going Over Home
Author: Charles Thompson, Jr.Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603589139
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Booklist Editors’ Choice “Best Books of 2019” An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the stories of his home place have been his constant inspiration, helping him identify with the losses of others and to fight against injustices. In Going Over Home, Thompson shares revelations and reflections, from cattle auctions with his grandfather to community gardens in the coal camps of eastern Kentucky, racial disparities of white and Black landownership in the South to recent work with migrant farm workers from Latin America. In this heartfelt first-person narrative, Thompson unpacks our country’s agricultural myths and addresses the history of racism and wealth inequality and how they have come to bear on our nation’s rural places and their people.
Experimental Farms
Author: Canada. Experimental Farms ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
Report of the Dominion Experimental Farms
Author: Canada. Experimental Farms ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Report of the Dominion Experimental Farms
Author: Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Experimental FarmsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Reports
Author: Canada. Experimental FarmsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Reports from the Director, Division of Chemistry
Author: Canada. Experimental Farms ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Reports of the ... for ...
Author: Dominion Experimental Farms and Stations (Canada)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description