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-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holthaus, Gary H., 1932-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sustainable agriculture.
Farmers.
Agriculture.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Agriculteurs > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Agriculture durable.
Farmers > United States > Anecdotes.
Agriculture > United States.
United States.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813146652

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