[PDF] Diversity In Us Agriculture eBook

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Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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The 1990 "Yearbook of Agriculture" is about the people of American agriculture--their jobs, their lives, their goals, and their families. It provides an overview of who works in the U.S. food and fiber sectors, and key facts about farmers, farms, and farmworkers. It reveals what farmers are up against--the insects and weather; the hard work involved in producing agricultural products; and the satisfactions they get from their livelihood and lifestyles. The book also covers the business of agriculture; the stories of scientists delving into the mysteries of nature; agricultural education; and the role of government workers in supporting agriculture. The Yearbook offers a special salute to the 1890 Institutions (the historically black land-grant universities) which are celebrating their centennial.

Author : Terri R. Jett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0429684533

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This book provides a detailed discussion of four class-action discrimination cases that have recently been settled within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and have led to a change in the way in which the USDA supports farmers from diverse backgrounds. These settlements shed light on why access to successful farming has been so often limited to white men and/or families, and significantly this has led to a change for opportunities in the way the USDA supports famers from diverse backgrounds. With chapters focusing on each settlement Jett provides an overview of the USDA before diving into a closer discussion of the four key settlements, involving African American farmers (Pigford), Native Americans (Keepseagle), Woman famers (Love) and Latino(a) farmers (Garcia), and the similarities between each. This title places and emphasis on what is happening in farming culture today, drawing connections between these four settlements and the increasing attention on urban farming, community gardens, farmers markets, organic farming and the slow food movement, through to the larger issues of food justice and access to food. Fighting for Farming Justice will be of interest to scholars of food justice and the farming arena, as well as those in the fields of Agricultural Economics, Civil Rights Law and Ethic Studies.