Download or read book The New American Farmer written by Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify as white, a growing number of new farmers are immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who originally came to the United States looking for work in agriculture. In The New American Farmer, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern explores the experiences of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners, offering a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. She finds that many of these new farmers rely on farming practices from their home countries—including growing multiple crops simultaneously, using integrated pest management, maintaining small-scale production, and employing family labor—most of which are considered alternative farming techniques in the United States. Drawing on extensive interviews with farmers and organizers, Minkoff-Zern describes the social, economic, and political barriers immigrant farmers must overcome, from navigating USDA bureaucracy to racialized exclusion from opportunities. She discusses, among other topics, the history of discrimination against farm laborers in the United States; the invisibility of Latino/a farmers to government and universities; new farmers' sense of agrarian and racial identity; and the future of the agrarian class system. Minkoff-Zern argues that immigrant farmers, with their knowledge and experience of alternative farming practices, are—despite a range of challenges—actively and substantially contributing to the movement for an ecological and sustainable food system. Scholars and food activists should take notice.

Download or read book The American Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century written by Richard L. Bushman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating study of America’s agricultural society during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Founding eras In the eighteenth century, three†‘quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America’s farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively engaged in trade, making both subsistence and commerce vital to farm economies of all sizes. The book describes the tragic effects on the native population of farmers’ efforts to provide farms for their children and examines how climate created the divide between the free North and the slave South. Bushman also traces midcentury rural violence back to the century’s population explosion. An engaging work of historical scholarship, the book draws on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other writings—including the farm papers of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington—to open a window on the men, women, and children who worked the land in early America.

Download or read book Farm written by Richard Rhodes and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-11-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the challenges and rewards faced by modern farms in the Midwest, and looks at the seasonal milestones of rural life

Download or read book Problems of Plenty written by R. Douglas Hurt and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact narrative history of American agriculture over the last century, emphasizing the farmer's growing reliance on the federal government.

Download or read book The American Farmer written by John Turner and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by Charles Louis Flint and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by American Farmer Company and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by Charles Louis Flint and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by Algie Martin Simons and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by John S. Skinner and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Condition of the American Farmer written by H. E. Taubeneck and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An American Farmer written by Sue Ikerd and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marrying into a family of multi-generation farmers, this is a story that depicts the simple pleasures gleaned from learning to love the land and building a life centered around it. An America Farmer is a charming reflection that elicits warmth and emotion through poetry paired with lovely photography. Leading us on a journey that at times may be harrowing, full of sacrifice or toil, what emerges is a renewed sense of appreciation for our country’s heritage. Emerge yourself for a moment or two in this celebration of a life that was, is, and remains today uniquely American.

Download or read book The American Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Farmer written by Charles Louis Flint and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letters from an American Farmer written by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and published by New York : ox, Duffield & Company. This book was released on 1904 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large part of the book is devoted to a description of the town of Nantucket.