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Title Food and the mid-level farm : renewing an agriculture of the middle / edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh.

Publication Info. [Cambridge, Mass.] ; [London] : MIT, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Food, health, and the environment
Food, health, and the environment.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Family farms -- United States.
Family farms.
United States.
Farm produce -- United States -- Marketing.
Farm produce.
Marketing.
Farms, Size of -- United States.
Farms, Size of.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lyson, Thomas A.
Stevenson, G. W.
Welsh, Rick.
Other Form: Print version: Food and the mid-level farm. [Cambridge, Mass. ; London] : MIT, 2008 9780262122993 0262122995 (OCoLC)181142495
ISBN 9780262278751 (electronic book)
0262278758 (electronic book)
9781435651869 (electronic book)
1435651863 (electronic book)
9780262122993 (hardback)
0262122995 (hardback)
9780262622158 (paperback)
0262622157 (paperback)