Getting Out Of Farming
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Farming For The Long Haul
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Author : Michael Foley
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-01
Farming For The Long Haul written by Michael Foley and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-01 with Political Science categories.
It’s all but certain that the next fifty years will bring enormous, not to say cataclysmic, disruptions to our present way of life. World oil reserves will be exhausted within that time frame, as will the lithium that powers today’s most sophisticated batteries, suggesting that transportation is equally imperiled. And there’s another, even more dire limitation that is looming: at current rates of erosion, the world’s topsoil will be gone in sixty years. Fresh water sources are in jeopardy, too. In short, the large-scale agricultural and food delivery system as we know it has at most a few decades before it exhausts itself and the planet with it. Farming for the Long Haul is about building a viable small farm economy that can withstand the economic, political, and climatic shock waves that the twenty-first century portends. It draws on the innovative work of contemporary farmers, but more than that, it shares the experiences of farming societies around the world that have maintained resilient agricultural systems over centuries of often-turbulent change. Indigenous agriculturalists, peasants, and traditional farmers have all created broad strategies for survival through good times and bad, and many of them prospered. They also developed particular techniques for managing soil, water, and other resources sustainably. Some of these techniques have been taken up by organic agriculture and permaculture, but many more of them are virtually unknown, even among alternative farmers. This book lays out some of these strategies and presents techniques and tools that might prove most useful to farmers today and in the uncertain future.
Long Range Farm Program
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Long Range Farm Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Agricultural laws and legislation categories.
From The Farm To The Table
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Author : Gary Holthaus
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
From The Farm To The Table written by Gary Holthaus and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Nature categories.
As with other areas of human industry, it has been assumed that technological progress would improve all aspects of agriculture. Technology would increase both efficiency and yield, or so we thought. The directions taken by technology may have worked for a while, but the same technologies that give us an advantage also create disadvantages. It's now a common story in rural America: pesticides, fertilizers, "big iron" combines, and other costly advancements may increase speed but also reduce efficiency, while farmers endure debt, dangerous working conditions, and long hours to pay for the technology. Land, livelihood, and lives are lost in an effort to keep up and break even. There is more to this story that affects both the food we eat and our provisions for the future. Too many Americans eat the food on their plates with little thought to its origin and in blind faith that government regulations will protect them from danger. While many Americans might have grown up in farming families, there are fewer family-owned farms with each passing generation. Americans are becoming disconnected from understanding the sources and content of their food. The farmers interviewed in From the Farm to the Table can help reestablish that connection. Gary Holthaus illuminates the state of American agriculture today, particularly the impact of globalization, through the stories of farmers who balance traditional practices with innovative methods to meet market demands. Holthaus demonstrates how the vitality of America's communities is bound to the successes and failures of its farmers. In From the Farm to the Table, farmers explain how their lives and communities have changed as they work to create healthy soil, healthy animals, and healthy food in a context of often inappropriate federal policy, growing competition from abroad, public misconceptions regarding government subsidies, the dangers of environmental damage and genetically modified crops, and the myths of modern economics. Rather than predicting doom and despair for small American growers, Holthaus shows their hope and the practical solutions they utilize. As these farmers tell their stories, "organic" and "sustainable" farming become real and meaningful. As they share their work and their lives, they reveal how those concepts affect the food we eat and the land on which it's grown, and how vital farming is to the American economy.
Current Agricultural Situation
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Current Agricultural Situation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Agriculture categories.
Food And Agriculture Act Of 1965
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Food And Agriculture Act Of 1965 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Agricultural laws and legislation categories.
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Agriculture And Forestry
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Agriculture And Forestry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Agricultural laws and legislation categories.
Hearing S Before The Committee On Agriculture House Of Representatives Eighty Third Congress First Session
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Hearing S Before The Committee On Agriculture House Of Representatives Eighty Third Congress First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Agriculture categories.
The Effects Of The 1986 Federal Budget On Agriculture And Rural America
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Effects Of The 1986 Federal Budget On Agriculture And Rural America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Agriculture categories.
Federal Farm Loan Act
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
Federal Farm Loan Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Agricultural credit categories.
Federal Farm Loan Act
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Author : United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
Federal Farm Loan Act written by United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with categories.