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From the farm to the table : what all Americans need to know about agriculture /
In From the Farm to the Table, over forty farm families from America's heartland detail the practices and values that relate to their land, work, and communities. Their stories reveal that those who make their living in agriculture--despite stereotypes of provincialism perpetuated by the media-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
2009.
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| Colección: | Culture of the land.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In From the Farm to the Table, over forty farm families from America's heartland detail the practices and values that relate to their land, work, and communities. Their stories reveal that those who make their living in agriculture--despite stereotypes of provincialism perpetuated by the media--are savvy to the influence of world politics on local issues. Gary Holthaus demonstrates how outside economic, governmental, legal, and business developments play an increasingly influential, if not controlling, role in every farmer's life. The swift approval of genetically modified crops by the fede. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (392 pages) : photographs |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813146652 0813146658 0813124190 9780813124193 9780813146669 0813146666 |