From the Farm to the Table

by Holthaus, Gary H.

• ISBN13: 9780813124193
• ISBN10: 0813124190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-05
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

In From the Farm to the Table, farm families from America’s heartland detail the practices and values that relate to their land, work, and communities, demonstrating how outside economic, governmental, legal, and business developments play an increasingly influential, if not controlling, role in every farmer’s life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xv
PART I. IN THE BEGINNING
Fundamentals	3	(7)
Histories	10	(19)
PART II. FARMERS TALKING ABOUT FARMING
Two Views, One Farm: Vance and Bonnie Haugen	29	(31)
Farming Is a Spiritual Responsibility: Mike Rupprecht	60	(4)
Timelines: Ron Scherbring	64	(12)
The Absolute Last Thing I Ever Dreamed I'd Be Doing: Lonny and Sandy Dietz	76	(5)
I Felt It Was Just the Right Thing to Do: Dennis Rabe	81	(28)
PART III. FARMING IN AMERICA: WHO CARES?
They Say Eating Is a Moral Issue: Bill McMillin	109	(9)
Farming Connects Us All	118	(55)
PART IV. IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER, OR IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL
Agriculture and Community Culture	173	(28)
Farming in Developing Countries	201	(4)
The WTO, NAFTA, CAFTA, and the FTAA	205	(42)
PART V. ALTERNATIVE VISIONS, HOPEFUL FUTURES
Healthy Food, Healthy Economics	247	(15)
Alternatives for Agriculture and the Whole Culture	262	(15)
PART VI. AN ECOLOGY OF HOPE
Ours for a Short Time: Peggy Thomas	277	(4)
An Ecology of Hope	281	(28)
Notes	309	(17)
Sources and Resources	326	(25)
Index	351