LEADER 00000cam a2200733Ia 4500 001 ocn234182464 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041824.5 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 080717s2008 mauab ob 001 0 eng d 019 646747537|a764493428 020 9780262278751|q(electronic book) 020 0262278758|q(electronic book) 020 9781435651869|q(electronic book) 020 1435651863|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780262122993|q(hardback) 020 |z0262122995|q(hardback) 020 |z9780262622158|q(paperback) 020 |z0262622157|q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)234182464|z(OCoLC)646747537|z(OCoLC)764493428 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dTUU|dOCLCQ |dE7B|dOCLCQ|dYBM|dOCLCF|dOTZ|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dEBLCP|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 HD1476.U6|bF66 2008eb 072 7 BUS|x070010|2bisacsh 072 7 TEC|x003070|2bisacsh 082 04 338.16|222 090 HD1476.U6|bF66 2008eb 245 00 Food and the mid-level farm :|brenewing an agriculture of the middle /|cedited by Thomas A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh. 264 1 [Cambridge, Mass.] ;|a[London] :|bMIT,|c2008. 300 1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) :|billustrations, maps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Food, health, and the environment 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 8 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Family farms|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008103506 650 0 Farm produce|zUnited States|xMarketing.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103577 650 0 Farms, Size of|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85047326|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/n78095330-781 650 7 Family farms.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/920335 650 7 Farm produce.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/921161 650 7 Marketing.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010167 650 7 Farms, Size of.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/921481 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Lyson, Thomas A.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n85239813 700 1 Stevenson, G. W.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n88680859 700 1 Welsh, Rick.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nr96023541 776 08 |iPrint version:|tFood and the mid-level farm.|d[Cambridge, Mass. ; London] : MIT, 2008|z9780262122993|z0262122995 |w(OCoLC)181142495 830 0 Food, health, and the environment.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2007000171 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=230713|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID