Food and the mid-level farm : renewing an agriculture of the middle / edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh.

Other author Lyson, Thomas A.
Other author Stevenson, G. W.
Other author Welsh, Rick.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Family farms--United States.
Farm produce--United States. --Marketing.

SeriesFood, health, and the environment
Food, health, and the environment. ^A719360
Contents Why worry about the agriculture of the middle? / Fred Kirschenmann ... [et al.] -- Pursuing long-term food and agricultural security in the United States: decentralization, diversification, and reduction of resource intensity / Kenneth A. Dalhberg -- Cooperative structure for the middle: mobilizing for power and identity / Thomas W. Gray and G. W. Stevenson -- Is relationship marketing an alternative to the corporatization of organics? A case study of OFARM / Amy Guptill and Rick Welsh -- Contractual integration in agriculture: is there a bright side for agriculture of the middle? / Mary Hendrickson ... [et al.] -- Consumer considerations and the agriculture of the middle / Eileen Brady and Caitlin O'Brady -- Values-based supply chains: strategies for agrifood enterprises of the middle / G. W. Stevenson and Rich Pirog -- Toward a pro-middle farm policy: what will it take to ensure a promising future for family farming? / Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer -- Agriculture of the middle: lessons learned from civic agriculture / Thomas A. Lyson -- The effect of laws that foster agricultural bargaining: apple growers in Michigan and New York state / Shelly Grow ... [et al.] -- Sustaining the middle: the roles of sustainable agriculture and agri-environmental payments / Sandra S. Batie -- The prospects and limits of antitrust and competitive-market strategies / Peter Carstensen -- Appendix: the changing status of farms and ranches of the middle / Mike Duffy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-286) and index.
LCCN 2007031164
ISBN9780262122993 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262122995 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780262622158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0262622157 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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