Food and the mid-level farm : renewing an agriculture of the middle /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Cambridge, Mass.] ; [London] : MIT, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Food, health, and the environment Food, health, and the environment.
Subject:	Family farms -- United States. Farm produce -- United States -- Marketing. Farms, Size of -- United States. Family farms. Farm produce -- Marketing. Farms, Size of. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171895

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Other authors / contributors:	Lyson, Thomas A. Stevenson, G. W. Welsh, Rick.
ISBN:	9780262278751 0262278758 9781435651869 1435651863 9780262122993 0262122995 9780262622158 0262622157
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Discussing strategies for reviving an 'agriculture in the middle' and creating a food system that works for midsize farms and ranches, this book considers the ways midsize farms can regain vitality by scaling up aspects of small farms' operations to connect with consumers and develop food supply chains that preserve farmer identity.
Other form:	Print version: Food and the mid-level farm. [Cambridge, Mass. ; London] : MIT, 2008 9780262122993 0262122995

Table of Contents:

Agriculture of the Middle: Why Farm Structure Matters
Why Worry about the Agriculture of the Middle?
Pursuing Long-Term Food and Agricultural Security in the United States: Decentralization, Diversification, and Reduction of Resource Intensity II Organizational Structures That Could Support an Agriculture of the Middle
Cooperative Structure for the Middle: Mobilizing for Power and Identity
Is Relationship Marketing an Alternative to the Corporatization of Organics? A Case Study of OFARM
Contractual Integration in Agriculture: Is There a Bright Side for Agriculture of the Middle? III Bringing Mid-Level Supply Chains and Consumers Together
Consumer Considerations and the Agriculture of the Middle
Values-Based Supply Chains: Strategies for Agrifood Enterprises of the Middle IV Policies That Could Support the Agriculture of the Middle
Toward a Pro-Middle Farm Policy: What Will It Take to Ensure a Promising Future for Family Farming?
Agriculture of the Middle: Lessons Learned from Civic Agriculture
The Effect of Laws That Foster Agricultural Bargaining: Apple Growers in Michigan and New York State
Sustaining the Middle: The Roles of Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-Environmental Payments
The Prospects and Limits of Antitrust and Competitive-Market Strategies.

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