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Books on: small family farms

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Families on Small Farms: Case Studies in Human Ecology

Book by M. Suzanne Sontag, Margaret M. Bubolz; Michigan State University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Family Farms--Michigan--Case Studies, Farm Life--Michigan--Case Studies, Farmers--Michigan--Social Conditions, Michigan--Rural Conditions--Case Studies, Rural Families--Michigan--Social Conditions

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...starting, 87 - 88 house and farm, 81 - 83 , 90 - 93 jobs...consumption, 151 - 52 home and farm production, 152 , 275...employment, 106 , 107 farm, 104 - 6 , 105 food...34 , 238 - 39 , 279 Small family farms project background and...
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American Dreams, Rural Realities: Family Farms in Crisis

Book by Peggy F. Barlett; University of North Carolina Press, 1993

Subjects:

Agriculture--Economic Aspects--Georgia--Dodge County, Dodge County (Ga.)--Rural Conditions, Family Farms--Georgia--Dodge County

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...units in 1934 were small farms, almost a half...children of small farm families. A tenth...and medium scale farm owners, however...proportion of the farm population today. Although such farms were only 5 percent...exclusion of non-elite families from farming. Although...children of small family farms have been...
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Partners in Production? Women, Farm, and Family in Ireland

Book by Patricia O'Hara; Berghahn Books, 1998

Subjects:

Family Farms--Ireland, Ireland--Rural Conditions, Women In Agriculture--Ireland

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...the demands which farm life imposes on...than marriage on a farm Kennedy, 1973...particularly among those on smaller holdings. Only...unmarried. Those on small farms found it particularly...space. The stem family remained stronger...resilient for longer on small farms with poor...that by 1971 the smaller farms in the west...
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Willard Cochrane and the American Family Farm

Book by Richard A. Levins; University of Nebraska Press, 2000

Subjects:

Agricultural Economists--United States--Biography, Agricultural Subsidies--United States--History, Agriculture And State--United States--History, Agriculture--Economic Aspects--United States--History, Cochrane, Willard Wesley--1914-, Family Farms--Government Policy--United States--History, Farmers--United States--Economic Conditions

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...encourage family farms. Dismayed that...the specific family farm," he argued...credit sources for small and middle-sized farms. Research and...those of larger farms. In addition...thousand young families into farming...Freedom to Farm" legislation...of increasing family farm numbers...
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Founding Farms: Portraits of Five Massachusetts Family Farms

Book by Stan Sherer; University of Massachusetts Press, 1993

Subjects:

Family Farms--Massachusetts--Pictorial Works

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...dairy, and the rest of the farm as well, through its mechanization...at the books he keeps for the farm, he is doing all right on the...to do what some of the other farms in the rest of the country are...do something. But with these small farms in this area, its just not...

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Journal Articles on: small family farms

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The 2002 Farm Bill: One Small Step for Family Farmers, One Giant Leap towards Corporate Production in Iowa

Journal article by Beau Hurtig; Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 29, 2003

Subjects:

Agribusiness, Agricultural policy, Agricultural subsidies, Effects, Farms, Federal legislation, Iowa, United States

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...aimed at preserving the small family farm.160 The federal government...farmers to create permitted farm corporations and engage...economies. The Anticorporate Farm statute seeks to protect the family farmer in a smaller and more traditional form...
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Gendered Work in Family Farm Tourism

Journal article by Berit Brandth, Marit S. Haugen; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 38, 2007

Subjects:

Family farms--Evaluation, Family farms--Human resource management, Sexism--Influence

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...Gendered Work in Family Farm Tourism...found traditional farm identities to...that gendered farm identities change...tourism on their farms as an alternative...case to a much smaller extent within...persons from five farms/four tourist...one case by two farm couples. The...the farm and the family, their working...and various small farm animals to...
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Masculinisation or Professionalisation of Norwegian Farm Work: A Gender Neutral Division of Work on Norwegian Family Farms?

Journal article by Hilde Bjorkhaug, Arild Blekesaune; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 38, 2007

Subjects:

Division of labor, Family farms--Human resource management, Masculinity--Influence, Women farmers--Evaluation

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...men and women do on farms, but drawing upon...women do the soft farm-work and housework...masculinisation of farm work, both literally...organisation of the family farm. New technology...these shifts, as the farms no longer offer recognised...person, a man. But a small proportion of farms...
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Tax Deform and the Family Farm

Journal article by Luther Tweeten; Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 14, 1999

Subjects:

Agricultural policy--United States, Family farms--Taxation, United States--Agricultural policy

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Tax Deform and the Family Farm by Luther Tweeten In...Americans that family farms represent an important...such as providing scenic farm landscapes and wildlife habitat--or the role of small farms in economic and social...of cannabilizing many smaller family farms. This possible...
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Rome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic

Journal article by Gary D. Farney; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Rome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Rome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle...decline in the number of small farmers who could serve...Rather than suggest that small farms were ruined by lack...combat, and so this is no small problem. In the end...

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Magazine Articles on: small family farms

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Needed: A Rural Strategy: Democrats Can Win the Farm and Small-Town Vote-If They Pay Serious Attention

Magazine article by John Nichols; The Nation, Vol. 277, November 3, 2003

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Political aspects, Bush, George W.--Public opinion, Country life--Demographic aspects, Country life--Economic aspects, Country life--Forecasts and trends, Country life--Political aspects, Dean, Howard--Political activity, Democratic Party--Officials and employees, Democratic Party--Political aspects, Farm life--Demographic aspects, Farm life--Economic aspects, Farm life--Forecasts and trends, Farm life--Political aspects, Kaptur, Marcy--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rural life--Demographic aspects, Rural life--Economic aspects, Rural life--Forecasts and trends, Rural life--Political aspects, United States--Agricultural policy, United States--Economic policy

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...Farm and Small-Town Vote...names the families that have...where her family settled after...once allowed farm couples to...sprawling factory farms that treat...prices for family farmers here...and drive small farms out of business...monopolizing farm subsidies...percent of farm-subsidy...corporate factory farms that are...to benefit family farmers...
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Daher's Vineyard: a Bethlehem Christian Family Struggles to Keep the Family Farm

Magazine article by Fred Strickert; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 23, January 2004

Subjects:

Agriculture, Families & family life, Farming, International, International relations, Israel, Landowners, Palestinian territories, Palestinians, Politics, Territorial issues, Wineries & vineyards

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...their own road across the farm. The family would like...quite good, since the family has proper written documentation...we are content with small victories." Georges...struggle has had on the family in a book edited by this...will utilize part of the farm for youth group camping...
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Don't Be Down on the Farm

Magazine article by Byron L. Dorgan; Washington Monthly, January 2000

Subjects:

Agricultural industry--Economic aspects, Family farms--Laws, regulations, etc., United States. Department of Agriculture--Laws, regulations, etc., United States--Agricultural policy

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Dont Be Down On The Farm by Byron L. Dorgan...unusual to American eyes. Family-based agriculture...countryside is dotted with small, prosperous farms, and the communities...Europe encourages its family-scale agriculture...representatives were talking about families and communities, while...In this setting, farm auctions have become...
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Getting Fresh with Farm-to-school Programs

Magazine article by Marion Kalb; Green Teacher, Winter 2006

Subjects:

Agriculture, Dairy products, Diet, Families & family life, Farmers, Farms, Food programs, Greenhouse gases, Learning, Nonprofit organizations, Parents & parenting, School lunches, Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...direct connection to a family farm or opportunity to learn...teachers participated in farm tours, produce tastings...and community benefits Farm-to-school programs...farmers to stay on their farms, and healthy farms provide...members. Most start small, with one or two schools...kindergarteners from low-income families living in an urban environment...
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Q: Is American Farm Reform Headed in the Right Direction?

Magazine article by Pat Roberts, Victor Davis Hanson; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, May 13, 1996

Subjects:

Agricultural policy--Analysis, Family farms--Economic aspects

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...the cities of the farm belt in which modern...productivity of Americas farms and ranches into...cooperative still owes families in our area thousands...on this 120-acre farm now lie uprooted...agriculture, where small growers produce food...immediately all federal farm subsidies and apply...reduction. The remaining family farmers would welcome...

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Newspaper Articles on: small family farms

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Small Family Farms Lose out as the EU Favours Big Estates

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 3, 2006

Subjects:

Agricultural policy, Agricultural subsidies, Farms

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Small Family Farms Lose out as the EU Favours...of the pounds 223m in EU farm subsidies paid out in Wales...subsidies benefit small family farms the most. The average payment...just pounds 13,047 per farm. The largest payment, pounds...
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DA Allocates P200 Million for GK Family-Run Farm Project

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2009

Subjects:

Farms

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...at a Selecta GK Farm launching.Another...Bayanihan, 115 GK farms have already harvested...to transform the small family farms that feed family members into commercial farms that can help boost...materials grown by families.DA agricultural...training to the farm families particularly...
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ISSUES: Tide of History Is Turning to Favour Our Small Farms

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 15, 2006

Subjects:

Farms, History

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Turning to Favour Our Small Farms. Byline: ervl JONES...pollution and the bigger the farm the more likelihood of...financially. And the farms best placed to take advantage of this? The small family farm that can diversify and...
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Dairy Farm Compensation Plan Divides the Industry's Unions; Critics Say the Chosen Payment Formula Unfair to Small Producers

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 9, 2010

Subjects:

Agricultural associations, Agricultural societies, Dairy farmers, Dairy farming, Dairy farms, Dairy industry, Dairy products industry, Milk

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Dairy Farm Compensation Plan...Formula Unfair to Small Producers. Byline...in the face" for smaller dairy farmers...face for Waless smaller family farms and I am extremely...calculation for such a small number of holdings...Governments support for smaller family farms...
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It's So Sad When You Have Wants to Carry on with the F a Son Who Desperately Family Dairy Farm; Quality Bag Business in Cowshed Protects Family from DFOB Collapse

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 9, 2009

Subjects:

Dairy farmers, Dairy farming, Dairy farms, Dairy industry, Dairy products industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Desperately Family Dairy Farm; Quality Bag Business...Thomas family of Edgebold Farm, Sarnau, Llanymynech...receivers also meant that the family have lost the pounds...They were one of many farms that had given notice...the 185-acre Powys farm.. "The news was not...because we have young families or other businesses...pounds 5 would be asm The small robust range t belts...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: small family farms

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Collective Farm

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Rus.,=collective farm replaced the family farm. The state would decide...more than half of all farms had been collectivized...government diversion of farm production contributed...were permitted to keep small garden plots and a few...
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Agriculture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...less self-sufficient family farm became the norm...the South. The free farm pushed westward with...the invention of such farm machines as the reaper...nations, the family farm is disappearing, as industrialized farms, which are organized...revived or encouraged some smaller farms in the latter 20th...World countries, where small farms, using rudimentary...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...examples are Maryland (under the Calvert family) and Pennsylvania (under William Penn...like J. P. Morgan (see under Morgan , family) controlled huge resources. The latter...relating to minimum wages, public housing, farm surpluses, and credit regulation; thus...
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Ohio , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and, in the southeast, small rugged hills leading to...Ohios soil supports rich farms, especially where it was...although the number of family farms is rapidly dwindling...landscape. Ohios society of small farmers exported their...
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West Virginia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...bottom lands, on a few small plateaus, and in the...Pennsylvania. German families established (c.1730...brutal murder of the family of chief James Logan...the predominance of small farms and the almost total...allegiance was common in many families, and these divisions...

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