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UNINA9910454380003321 |
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Titolo |
Food and the mid-level farm [[electronic resource] ] : renewing an agriculture of the middle / / edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh |
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[Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London], : MIT, 2008 |
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0-262-27875-8 |
1-4356-5186-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Food, health, and the environment |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LysonThomas A |
StevensonG. W |
WelshRick |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Family farms - United States |
Farm produce - United States - Marketing |
Farms, Size of - United States |
Sustainable agriculture - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I Agriculture of the Middle: Why Farm Structure Matters; 1 Why Worry about the Agriculture of the Middle?; 2 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; 3 Cooperative Structure for the Middle: Mobilizing for Power and Identity; 4 Is Relationship Marketing an Alternative to the Corporatization of Organics? A Case Study of OFARM |
5 Contractual Integration in Agriculture: Is There a Bright Side for Agriculture of the Middle?III Bringing Mid-Level Supply Chains and Consumers Together; 6 Consumer Considerations and the Agriculture of the Middle; 7 Values-Based Supply Chains: Strategies for Agrifood Enterprises of the Middle; IV Policies That Could Support the Agriculture of the Middle; 8 Toward a Pro-Middle Farm Policy: What Will It Take to Ensure a Promising Future for Family Farming?; 9 Agriculture |
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of the Middle: Lessons Learned from Civic Agriculture |
10 The Effect of Laws That Foster Agricultural Bargaining: Apple Growers in Michigan and New York State11 Sustaining the Middle: The Roles of Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-Environmental Payments; 12 The Prospects and Limits of Antitrust and Competitive-Market Strategies; Epilogue: Strategies for Strengthening the Agriculture of the Middle; Appendix: The Changing Status of Farms and Ranches of the Middle; Contributors; Index |
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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. |
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UNINA9910711182603321 |
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Autore |
Ugiansky G. M |
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Report of the 83th National Conference on Weights and Measures / / Gilbert M. Ugiansky, Janet L Land |
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Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1998 |
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NIST special publication ; ; 932 |
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Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
Title from PDF title page. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA990005386600403321 |
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Autore |
Schachermeyr, Fritz <1895-1987> |
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Titolo |
Die frühe Klassik der Griechen / von Fritz Schachermeyr |
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Stuttgart [etc.], : W. Kohlhammer, 1966 |
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IX, 359 p., 68 tav. : ill. ; 25 cm |
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