Families on Small Farms: Case Studies in Human Ecology

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Permissions vi
• Contents vii
• Tables xiii
• Contents xiv
• Foreword xvii
• Preface and Acknowledgments xix
• 1 - The Small Family Farms Project in Social Context 1
• 2 - The Family↔farm Ecosystem: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework 17
• 3 - The Research Process 45
• 4 - Introducing the Sinclair Family 69
• 5 - The Sinclairs' First Year: A Time of Transition and Learning 79
• 6 - The Sinclair Family's Ecosystem Over Time: Time Use and Management Processes 101
• 7 - The Sinclair Family's Ecosystem Over Time: Production Processes and Resource Exchange 137
• 8 - Outcomes of the Sinclair Family's Ecosystem Over Time 167
• 9 - The Randall Family and Their First Year on the Farm 193
• 10 - The Randall Family's Ecosystem Over Time 215
• 11 - Outcomes of the Randall Family's Ecosystem Over Time 255
• 12 - Functioning of the Family↔farm Ecosystem: Summary, Recommendations, and Reflections 273
• Epilogue 301
• Appendix a Research Chronology 303
• Appendix B Instructions and Forms for Family Records and Assessment Tools 309
• Section 3 Household Tasks (future) (deleted After Baseline Measurement) 345
• Section 4 Time Use 347
• Section 5 Money Use 357
• Section 1 Your Feelings About Life 381
• References 411
• Index 423

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