Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Small Business: Family Farm
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Issue of Corporate Buyouts of Family Farms
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Small Business: Family Farm
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Issue of Corporate Buyouts of Family Farms
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Small Business: Family Farm
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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At Issue, Corporate Farming
Author: Tom Loftus
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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Family Farming
Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803217485
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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. ΓΈ 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.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803217485
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
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. ΓΈ 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.
Problems Facing Family Farms
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies
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Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Myth Of The Family Farm
Author: Ingolf Vogeler
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000303705
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The ideal of the family farm has been used to justify a myriad of federal farm legislation. Land grants, the distribution of irrigation water, land-grant college research and services, farm programs, and tax laws all have been affected. Yet, asserts the author, federal legislation and practices have had an institutional bias toward large-scale farms and agribusiness and have hastened the demise of family farms. Dr. Vogeler examines the struggle between land interests in the private and public sectors and finds that the myth of the family farm has been used to obscure the dominance of agribusiness and that the corporate penetration of agriculture has in turn contributed to the plight of migrant workers, the decline of small towns, and the economic difficulties of independent farmers. Dr. Vogeler also identifies the major shortcomings of agribusiness and federal land-related laws and programs; examines the regional impact of agribusiness and federal farm programs on rural areas; and considers the role of racial minorities and women in the development of agrarian capitalism. In conclusion, he offers a structural analysis that provides the means for progressive social change and states that the achievement of economic equality in rural America and the dismantling of the corporate control of agriculture can be realized through farmer-labor alliances.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000303705
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The ideal of the family farm has been used to justify a myriad of federal farm legislation. Land grants, the distribution of irrigation water, land-grant college research and services, farm programs, and tax laws all have been affected. Yet, asserts the author, federal legislation and practices have had an institutional bias toward large-scale farms and agribusiness and have hastened the demise of family farms. Dr. Vogeler examines the struggle between land interests in the private and public sectors and finds that the myth of the family farm has been used to obscure the dominance of agribusiness and that the corporate penetration of agriculture has in turn contributed to the plight of migrant workers, the decline of small towns, and the economic difficulties of independent farmers. Dr. Vogeler also identifies the major shortcomings of agribusiness and federal land-related laws and programs; examines the regional impact of agribusiness and federal farm programs on rural areas; and considers the role of racial minorities and women in the development of agrarian capitalism. In conclusion, he offers a structural analysis that provides the means for progressive social change and states that the achievement of economic equality in rural America and the dismantling of the corporate control of agriculture can be realized through farmer-labor alliances.
Family Farmers Need Cooperatives, But Some Issues Need to be Resolved
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
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Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Alternatives to Land Acquisitions
Author: Lorenzo Cotula
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843697866
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in private-sector investment in agriculture. Some have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood opportunities in lower and middle-income countries. Others have raised concerns about the possible social impacts, including loss of local rights to land, water and other natural resources; threats to local food security; and, more generally, the risk that large-scale investments may marginalise family farmers. The recent debates about 201Cland grabbing201D - whereby investors acquire large areas of land in lower- and middle-income countries - illustrate these trends and positions. There is great demand for insights on how to structure agricultural investments in ways that leave land and share value with local farmers and communities. And in many parts of the world, there is growing experience with models for structuring agricultural investments other than large-scale land acquisitions
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843697866
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in private-sector investment in agriculture. Some have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood opportunities in lower and middle-income countries. Others have raised concerns about the possible social impacts, including loss of local rights to land, water and other natural resources; threats to local food security; and, more generally, the risk that large-scale investments may marginalise family farmers. The recent debates about 201Cland grabbing201D - whereby investors acquire large areas of land in lower- and middle-income countries - illustrate these trends and positions. There is great demand for insights on how to structure agricultural investments in ways that leave land and share value with local farmers and communities. And in many parts of the world, there is growing experience with models for structuring agricultural investments other than large-scale land acquisitions