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On farms and rural communities : an agricultural ethic for the future / Jerry Apps.

"In a twenty-first-century landscape marked by unprecedented challenges, the relevance of agriculture and farms has never been more apparent. From the unsettling shortages experienced during the pandemic to recent fluctuations in the cost and availability of basic grocery items due to historic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Apps, Jerry, 1934- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wheat Ridge, Colorado : Fulcrum Publishing, [2024]
Series:Speaker's corner books.
Subjects:
Sociology, Rural.
Agriculture > Social aspects > United States.
United States > Rural conditions.
Agriculture > Social aspects
Rural conditions
Sociology, Rural
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Half Title
  • I. Introduction
  • II. History of Agriculture and Rural America
  • III. A Personal Example of Early Farm Life
  • IV. Rural Villages in an Earlier Day
  • V. Dramatic Changes in Rural America
  • VI. Rural Communities Today
  • VII. Land Is More Than Dirt
  • VIII. Rural America and Climate Change
  • IX. A Broken Food System
  • X. Industrial-Size Agriculture
  • XI. Assuring a Future Food Supply
  • XII. Future Rural Communities
  • XIII. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Additional Reading
  • About the Author

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