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3) 1997 census of agriculture: Volume 2,Subject series,Part 1,Agricultural atlas of the United States
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Pub. Date
[1999]
Series
Miscellaneous publication volume no. 1063
Publisher
Office of Information, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Pub. Date
-1989
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A bold, science-based corrective to the groundswell of misinformation about food and how it's produced, examining in detail local and organic food, food companies, nutrition labeling, ethical treatment of animals, environmental impacts, and every other aspect from farm to table. Consumers want to know more about their food--including the farm it came from, the chemicals used, the nutrition value, how the animals were treated, and costs to the environment....
Series
Agriculture handbook volume no. 671
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Pub. Date
<[1987-1990] >
10) FoodReview
Publisher
Food and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1991
Author
Publisher
CATO Institute
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
Few people have been helped by the massive farm subsidy programs that have developed over the past 5 years, charges agricultural economist Clifton B. Luttrell; the programs have been a colossal waste of money. In this book Luttrell traces the history of government intervention in the agricultural sector from the early price support schemes to the massive expansion of farm programs during the New Deal and the postwar period, then provides a comprehensive...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late 40s, she and her husband decided to leave the big city and move to his family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer, to put into practice everything she had learned over decades of reporting on food and agriculture. There was just one problem:...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land-from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it. Sadly, his arguments...
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