Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Keeping Farming in the Family
Author: Ian Ross BlackmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780473200206
Category : Estate planning
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Written for farmers to help with creating a succession plan.
Keeping it in the Family
Author: Dr Matt LobleyPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409490548
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
As the largest group of natural resource managers on the planet, farmers are at the interface of the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Typically organised around what might be considered the most basic of social units, for generations the family farm has survived wide-ranging exogenous challenges, frequently preserving the line of succession to the next of kin. Now as we face major questions about how we use land and the impact of our land use on the global environment, farming once again faces a challenging and uncertain future. This book draws on the experiences of farmers in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Japan and the EU to examine the special features of family farms and, in particular, the tradition of succession which has enabled them to continue to have such a strong presence in the world today.
Gaining Ground
Author: Forrest PritchardPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762794380
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
With humor and pathos, Forrest Pritchard recounts his ambitious and often hilarious endeavors to save his family’s seventh-generation farm in the Shenandoah Valley. Through many a trial and error, he not only saves Smith Meadows from insolvency but turns it into a leading light in the sustainable, grass-fed, organic farm-to-market community. There is nothing young Farmer Pritchard won’t try. Whether he’s selling firewood and straw, raising free-range chickens and hogs, or acquiring a flock of Barbados Blackbelly sheep, his learning curve is steep and always entertaining. Pritchard’s world crackles with colorful local characters—farm hands, butchers, market managers, customers, fellow vendors, pet goats, policemen—bringing the story to warm, communal life. His most important ally, however, is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and eschews organic foods for the generic kinds that wreak havoc on his health. Soon after his father’s death, the farm becomes a recognized success and Pritchard must make a vital decision: to continue serving the local community or answer the exploding demand for his wares with lucrative Internet sales and shipping deals. More than a charming story of honest food cultivation and farmers’ markets, Gaining Ground tugs on the heartstrings, reconnecting us to the land and the many lives that feed us.
Getting Organized
Author: Christy Anderson BrekkenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781955101301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Farming's In-Law Factor
Author: Elaine FroesePublisher:
ISBN: 9780973698428
Category : Communication in families
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Outlook for Farm Family Living ...
Author: Down and Out on the Family Farm
Author: Michael Johnston GrantPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803271050
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Focusing on the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota between 1929 and 1945, Down and Out on the Family Farm examines small familyøfarmers and the Rural Rehabilitation Program designed to help them. Historian Michael Johnston Grant reveals the tension between economic forces that favored large-scale agriculture and political pressure that championed family farms, and the results of that clash. ø The Great Depression and the drought of the 1930s lay bare the long-term economic instability of the rural Plains. The New Deal introduced the Rural Rehabilitation Program to assist lower- to middle-income farmers throughout the country. This program combined low-interest loans with managerial advice. However, these efforts were not enough to compete with the growing scale of agriculture or to counter the recurring drought of the era. Regional conservatism, environmental factors, and fiscal constraints limited the federal aid offered to thousands of families. ø Grant provides extensive primary source research from government documents, as well as letters, newspaper editorials, and case studies that focus on individual lives and fortunes. He examines who these families were and what their farms looked like, and he sheds light on the health problems and other personal concerns that interfered with the economic viability of many farms. The result is a provocative study that gives a human face to the hardships and triumphs of modern agriculture.
Preserving the Family Farm
Author: Mary NethPublisher:
ISBN: 9780801848988
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
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).
Problems of Entry Into Family Farming
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Problems Facing Family Farms
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description