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Food and the Mid-Level Farm(1st Edition)
Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle (Food, Health, and the Environment)
by Rick Welsh, Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson, Mike Duffy, Amy Guptill, William Heffernan, David Lind, Elizabeth Barham, Eileen Brady, Caitlin O'brady, Rich Pirog, Shelley Grow, Elizabeth Higgins, Peter Carstensen, Fred Kirschenmann, Mary Hendrickson, Frederick H. Buttel, Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Thomas W. Gray, Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer, Sandra S. Batie, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho, The Mit Press
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-62215-8, ISBN: 0-262-62215-7

"Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that market directly to consumers. As a result, midsize family-operated farms find it increasingly difficult to find and reach markets for their products. They are too big to use the direct marke ..."






Food and the Mid-Level Farm(1st Edition)
Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle (Food, Health, and the Environment)
by Thomas A. Lyson, Rick Welsh, G. W. Stevenson, Fred Kirschenmann, Frederick H. Buttel, Mike Duffy, Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Thomas W. Gray, Amy Guptill, Mary Hendrickson, William Heffernan, David Lind, Elizabeth Barham, Eileen Brady, Caitlin O'brady, Rich Pirog, Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer, Shelley Grow, Elizabeth Higgins, Sandra S. Batie, Peter Carstensen, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-12299-3, ISBN: 0-262-12299-5

"Practitioners and scholars from a range of disciplines discuss how midsize farms can better connect with consumers, organize collectively to develop markets for their products, and promote public policies that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues.Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that mar ..."






Alternative Institutional Structures(1st Edition)
Evolution and impact (The Economics of Legal Relationships)
by Sandra Batie, Nicholas Mercuro, Alfred Allan Schmid
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-77478-9, ISBN: 0-415-77478-0

"In the spring on 2006, a workshop was held at Michigan State University to honour the career of A. Allan Schmid and his writings about how institutions evolve and how alternative institutions, including property rights, shape political relationships and impact economic performance. This edited book is the outcome of the workshop. It is a collection of original essays that explores several approaches to understanding the impact of altern ..."

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Sandra Batie

Mary Hendrickson

Frederick Buttel

Fred Kirschenmann

Peter Carstensen

Elizabeth Higgins

Kenneth Dahlberg

Robert Gottlieb

Mun Ho

Harwood Schaffer


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