Bet the farm : the dollars and sense of growing food in America /

"In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffman, Beth (Food and agriculture journalist/farmer) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2021]
Temas:
Hoffman, Beth > (Food and agriculture journalist/farmer)
Farms > Iowa.
Farm management > Iowa.
Farmers > Iowa > Economic conditions.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States.
Sustainable agriculture > United States.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Exploitations agricoles > Gestion > Iowa.
Agriculture durable > États-Unis.
Sustainable agriculture
Farms
Farm management
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Farmers > Economic conditions
Iowa
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The simple life?
  • Land rich, cash poor
  • The land of corn and cattle
  • The price of sustainability
  • Privilege to farm
  • Money matters
  • What about subsidies?
  • The cattle runaround
  • Keeping up with the Joneses
  • Everybody does it, off the farm
  • A new narrative
  • Self-care is key
  • Co-farming and community
  • Sharing the pie
  • People and policy
  • Meanwhile, back at the ranch.

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