Journal article
GROWING PAINS: SMALL FARMS, BIG PROBLEMS AMIDST COMMERCIAL ACREAGE IN IOWA
Phi Kappa Phi forum, Vol.97(3), pp.16-19
10/01/2017
Abstract
Farm conferences, particularly those with an emphasis on organic production, have high participation by young, beginning, or aspiring farmers, those who want to farm but do not yet have land or the necessary skills to get started. Since 2007, I've been conducting research on local food farming in Iowa, an interesting place to study alternative agriculture. Commodity agriculture dominates the state's economy and politics, with producer groups like the Corn Growers Association and the Farm Bureau Federation making a consistent impact on policy decisions. Most vegetable farmers who market locally farm only a few acres. Because of the low acreage and reliance on smaller equipment, it's easy to assume that there aren't as many barriers for an aspiring farmer to get started in local food. Because she had a very small production space in her backyard, they also assumed that she was less committed to farming.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- GROWING PAINS: SMALL FARMS, BIG PROBLEMS AMIDST COMMERCIAL ACREAGE IN IOWA
- Creators
- Brandi Janssen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Phi Kappa Phi forum, Vol.97(3), pp.16-19
- ISSN
- 1538-5914
- eISSN
- 2162-2957
- Publisher
- National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214672102771
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