Myth of the Family Farm - Agribusiness Dominance of U.s. Agriculture

About the author

Ingolf Vogeler, associate professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, has conducted field research and published extensively for ten years on the underdevelopment and cultural landscapes of U.S. rural areas. He coedited Dialectics of Third World Development and is series editor for Westview's Geographies of the United States series.

Summary

The ideal of the family farm has been used to justify a myriad of federal farm legislation. Yet, asserts the author, federal legislation and practices have had an institutional bias toward large-scale farms and agribusiness and have hastened the demise of family farms.

Product details

• Authors: Ingolf Vogeler, Vogeler Ingolf
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367309657
• ISBN: 978-0-367-30965-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Agricultural science