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Science, Education, and Technology
(1) Steve Diver and Lee Rhinehart. "Aquaponics-Integration of Hydroponics with Aquaculture." ATTRA/NCAT 2010.
(2) video of Van Rijn hydroponic system: http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/hope-aquaculture-eco-clean-fish-farms/1188/
(3) "World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture." www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1820e/i1820e.pdf
(4) David Norman et. al., "Defining and Implementing Sustainable Agriculture."
(5) Roger Ingram and Dave Pratt, "Working with Nature: The Sustainable Ranching Research and Education Project."
http://ceplacer.ucdavis.edu/livestock/publications/sustranchovervw.pdf
(6)DA Fraser, "Farmfacts: Intensive Management of Livestock Grazing"http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=558a013f-6263-49f1-a71c-85fedb3a38c1
(7) Scott Kustes " Is Eating Meat Sustainable for Everyone ?" Real Food University. http://www.realfooduniversity.com/paleoprimal-lifestyle-sustainable-meat-production/
(8) Michael Pollan Ominvore's Dilemma. (NewYork: Penguin Press. 2006) 123-185.
(9) Kling L. Anderson "Grassland Management in New Zealand" Journal of Range Manangement. Vol. 7,No.4 (Jul 1952) 155-161.
(10) Patricia D'Flippo "The Hidden Costs of Feedlots" The Argentina Independent. November 2010. http://www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/environment/the-hidden-costs-of-feedlots/
(11) Jerry D. Glover et. al. "Farming: A Return to Roots." Scientific American, 2007. http://www.landinstitute.org/pages/Glover-et-al-2007-Sci-Am.pdf
(12) The Land Institute. "Current Focus: Intermediate Wheatgrass." http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2012/03/29/4f747c9b8cce9
(13) Sienna Tinsley et. al. "Potential for perennial Grass as an Organic Dual Forage-Grain Crop in Michigan." Kellog Biological Station, Michigan State University. 2011
(14) Peter McKendry "Energy Production from Biomass." Biosource Technology Vol. 83, Issue 1 May 2002. 47-54
(15) Brett Chedzoy.“Silvopasturing in the Northeast.” Cornell University. Cooperative Extension. 2010
(16) USDA Forest Service.“Agroforestry Notes: Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice” November 1997.
(17) Chris Boerboom and Michael Owen. “Glyphosphate Resistant Weeds” Purdue Extension bulletin. http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/gwc/gwc-1.pdf
(18) Alex Kirby “GM Third World Warning”. BBC News 9 May 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/339240.stm
(19) According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), a nonprofit that monitors the use of GM
crops, there are more than 14 million farmers in 25 countries producing GM crops -- an 80-fold increase since 1996, when GM seeds were first commercialized. In 2009, there were 134 million hectares of "biotech" crops
worldwide, representing an 8% increase year on year. Wall Street Journal/India. 15 March 2010.
(20) John H. Vandemeer. The Ecology of Agroecosystems. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.(2011)
(21) D.J. Rappaport. “Ecosystem Health: Exploring the Territory.” Ecosystem Health Vol.1, (1995) 5-13
(22) M. S. Anderson, “History and Development of Soil Testing”. Journal of Food Chemistry. Vol.8,No.2 (1960) 84-87.
(23) Preston Sullivan and Hannah Sharp. “Assessing the Pasture Soil Resource” ATTRA April 2010.
(24) Steve Diver “Alternative Soil Testing Laboratories” NCAT October 2002.
(25) USDA ERS. “Data Sets: Organic Production.” http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Organic/
(26) M.E. Ortiz Escobar and N.V. Hue “ Current Developments in Organic Farming”. SoilSci-Research Signpost. (2007) 22- 39.http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/huen/organic%20farming.pdf
(27) USDA ERS. “Data Sets: Organic Production.” http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Organic/
Sustainability and Flexibility
(1) John Vanenmeer The Ecology of Agroecosystems Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett.(2011)
(2) USDA ERS "Agricultural Productivity 1948-2008" http://www.ers.usda/agproductivity/#datafiles
(3) Koelsch, Richard K.; Glewen, Keith; Trewhitt, Tom; and Walters, Daniel T., "Exporting Feedlot Manure to Off-Farm Users" (2000).
Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports. Paper 376
(4) Pew Commision on Industrial Farm Production. "Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America" http://www.ncifap.org/_images/PCIFAPFin.pdf
(5) Barry Esterbrook. Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit. Kansas City,MO. : Andrew McMeel Publishing. (2011)
(6) Y. Sakaguchi and J.B. Gaughlin. "Effect of Genotype on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Summer-Inducted Feedlot Cattle" Animal Production in Australia. Vol.25 152-155.
(7) Chris Brickers. "Specialized Farm Equipment Tends to Lock In Crop Acres." Southeast Farm Press. 12 April 2011. http://southeastfarmpress.com/tobacco/specialized-farm-equipment-tends-lock-crop-acres?page=2
(8) Pew Commision on Industrial Farm Production. "Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America" http://www.ncifap.org/_images/PCIFAPFin.pdf
(9) United Nations Economic and Social Commission. "Green Technology for Sustainable Agriculture Development . . ." 2008
(10) C. Reigntijes et.al. Farming for the Future: Introduction to External Inputs and Sustainable Agriculture. London: Macmillian. (1992) Part III (specifically)
(11) Outside inputs examples: feed costs constituted 20.4% and fossil fuel inputs 19.6% of production cost on average/ conventially managed U.S. farm in 2007. USDA ERS: Source: USDA Census of Agriculture, www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_US/st99_1_004_005.pdf
(12) Ecological Agriculture Projects/McDonald College/McGill University. "Sustainable Agriculture" Virginia Tech. "Sustainable Research Guides. date uk.
(13) John Muir. Summer in the Sierra. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin (1911) 110.
(14) World Business Council for Sustainable Development."Biodiversity and ecosystem services."Agriculture Ecosystems Facts and Trends Report. 2008. 3-5
(15) John Ikerd. "Sustaining Rural Communities Through Sustainable Agriculture." Southern Rural Sociology Annual Meeting. Ft. Worth Texas 29 January 2001. http://web.missouri.edu/~ikerdj/papers/SustainableCommunities.htm
(16) Wendell R. Smith "Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation As Alternative Marketing Strategies." Journal of Marketing. Vol. 21, No.1 (July 1956)3-8
(17) Richard Wiswall The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook. White River Junction:Chelsea Green Publishing. (2009) . 44-53.
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Marketing and Business Savvy
(1) Steven McFadden. " The History of Community Supported Agriculture" The Rodale Institute (date uk) http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/features/0104/csa-history/part1.shtml
(2) Richard Wiswall The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook. White River Junction:Chelsea Green Publishing. (2009) . 44-53
(3)Matthew LeRoux. "How to Sell Through Wholesale and Direct Marketing Channels." NY Farm Viability Institute. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County. (2010)
(4) USDA-AMS. "Farmers Markets, Facts and Statistics : Farm Market Growth" (2009) http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/farmersmarkets
(5) author unknown. "Farmer's Markets and Roadside Stands" full pdf available at : http://63.249.122.224/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/5.1_Farmers_Markets.pdf
(6) Ramu Govindasamy and Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr. "Characteristics of Farmer to Consumer Direct Market Customers" Journal of Extension Vol.34 No.4 (1996).
(7) Penn State College of Ag Science. "Idea Plan for Roadside Markets, Stands, and Equipment" IP 790-33. Cooperative Extension (1992) https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:U8ORqSMSzzwJ:agmarketing.extension.psu.edu/Retail/PDFs/IP790-33.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjvgdLe_uMXUk1BNgpTvoH0JoURZfy2u4bwTUaKdBlI3nWe5i79Waa84cD4SAq-Pn9TbbUtEB40eJ-HRwS3jYDNV8ZSRy7RyaDfmgvO_IWGIGaNirc6Mz_GTZIW30jV_1zKmmzd&sig=AHIEtbSaMf72zQGiK0tu4rBj8_2S5yIFcw
(8) extrapolated from USDA ERS data/ ARMS 2008 and ERS article: Sarah Vow and Stephen Vogel. "Local Food Markets Encompasses a Wide Range of Producers." Data based on locally marketed food sold direct to consumers by all U.S. farms via the roadside stand model. It is extremely important to note that due to the cash nature of this business this amount may be grossly under-reported both to the USDA and the IRS. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/December11/Features/LocalFoodMarketing.htm
(9) Matthew LeRoux. "How to Sell Through Wholesale and Direct Marketing Channels." NY Farm Viability Institute. Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County. (2010) 14-19.
(10) Dr. Keith R. Baldwin et. al. " Wholesale Marketing of Small Fruits for North Carolina Small-Scale Farmers." North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University. (January 2008)
(11) James Rose " The Business of Farming: Building a Financial, Moral, and High Quality of Life Farm Model for the New Millenium." Empire State College Graduate Studies. (19 December 2011) 26-34.
(12) University Of Nebraska: Food Processing Center. " Approaching Food Service Establishments with locally Grown Products." Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Lincoln. (June 2003). 22-26.
(13) Matt Ernst and Tim Woods. "Marketing Fresh Produce to Restaurants." Cooperative Extension/College of Agriculture. University of Kentucky. Lexington. (March 2011).
(14) James Rose " The Business of Farming: Building a Financial, Moral, and High Quality of Life Farm Model for the New Millenium." Empire State College
Graduate Studies. (19 December 2011) 26-28.
(15) Sustainable Agriculture Resources. "Selling Produce to Restaurants." New World Publishing. 3.3 http://www.nwpub.net/Selling-Produce-Hot-50-Small-Farm-Marketing-Tips-3.html
(16) Notes from Dr. Amy Guptill and James Rose. "Can Small Scale Agriculture be Viable and Pertainent in the 21st. Century ?" Empire State College/Graduate Studies. (December 2010). 25.
(17) John C. Kozul et. al. " Making Healthy Food Choices . . ." Journal of Marketing. Vol. 67, No. 2 (2 April 2003). 19-34.
(18) Gotham Greens, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y. : example of a unique farming operation that utilizes labels to increase its market share and to capture a premium price opportunity.http://gothamgreens.com/
(19) Carolyn Dimitri and Lydia Oberholtzer. "Marketing U.S. Organic Foods: Recent Trends from Farmers to Consumers." Economic Information Bulletin No.58 http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB58/
(20) USDA. "Building Sustainable, Farms, Ranches, and Communities." vii-x, 1-22 sections OREI/NOCCSP/NOP https://attra.ncat.org/guide/Building_Sustainable.pdf
(21) General USDA Overview: programs, trends, grants "Organic Production-USDA Agriculture Library" http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/organic-production
(22) Washington State Department of Agriculture. "Selling Directly to Restaurants and Grocer Stores." Small Farm and Direct Marketing Handbook. (January 2010) 2-3. http://agr.wa.gov/marketing/smallfarm/DOCS/3-SellingDirectlyToRestaurantsAndGroceryStores.pdf
(23) Matthew LeRoux. "How to Sell Through Wholesale and Direct Marketing Channels." NY Farm Viability Institute. Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County. (2010) 10-14.
(24) NY State Small Business Development. "Recipe for Success: Selling Food Products." State University of New York. (2011) http://www.nyssbdc.org/resources/Publications/foodproducts.pdf
(25) Stan Barrett "Vegetables for Early Spring." University of Colorado Ext. Bulletin2011).http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/FAQ/spring.htm
(26) CALU Technical Notes. "Producing Vegetables in Polytunnels" Horticulture 021201(January 2007). http://www.calu.bangor.ac.uk/Technical%20leaflets/021201tunnel%20veg.pdf
(27) Ramu Govindasany " Income of Farmers Who Use Direct Marketing." Agriculture and Resource Review (April 1999). 76-83
(28) Curtis E. Beus "Agritourism: Cutivating Tourists on the Farm." Washington State Extension Small Farm Team EB2020 (2007) http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb2020/eb2020.pdf
(29) Martha Walker. " Agritourism: Ideas and Resources." Virginia Cooperative Extension. Publication 316-004. (2009) http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/310/310-004/310-004_pdf.pdf
(30) J. McKelvie. "Agritourism in Europe." Travel and Tourism Analyst. (July 2004). 1-44.
(31) Vermont Farms website. example of cooperative agritourism organization. http://www.vtfarms.org/
(32) Kristen Markley and Dun Hinchley. Adding Value for Sustainibility: A Guidebook . . . " Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press. (1998) 7-82.
(33) Ramona Danielson and Dukbyeong Park. "Value Added on Farm Processing: Summer Harvest Case Study." ND State University (January 2001) 1-7.
(34) Kara Dunn and Patricia McGlynnn. " NY Farm Viabity Institute Collaborates With CAL." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University. 2006.
(35) Bluebird Grain: speciality/niche marketing-online sales through the Internet with cross-connection to a CSA. http://shop.bluebirdgrainfarms.com/
(36) Rome Sorento. "Small Business Internet Marketing: How to Out-Perform the Big Boys." E-zine http://ezinearticles.com/?Small-Business-Internet-Marketing---How-To-Outperform-The-Big-Boys&id=6062213
(37) BIA/Kelsey marketing analysts/advisors, http://www.biakelsey.com/
(38) Michael Pollan Ominvore's Dilemma. (NewYork: Penguin Press. 2006) 123-185.
(39) Specialization and Local Market Strategy: http://www.vanscoyfarms.com/about-us
(40) Lawrence G. Weinzimmer. “Top Management Team Correlates of Organizational Growth in a Small Business Context: A Comparative Study.” Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 35,1997.
The Moral and Ethical Pursuit of Profit
(1) CBO "The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments." The Congress of the United States. 2007
(2) Robert Longley. "Illegal Immigration Cost California Over Ten Billion Annually." http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/immigrationnaturalizatio/a/caillegals.htm
(3) Definition of living wage paraphrased from Business Dictionary.com
(4) Author unknown “The Harvard Living Wage Fact Sheet.” www.hcs.harvard.edu/pslm/livingwage/factsheet.html
(5) Kathleen Sebelius. “Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines” Department of Health and Humans Services. 14January 2011.
(6) Based on an adjusted figure of $8.73 (but well below some suggested figures.
(7) Ching-Chi Hsieh and M.D. Pugh. “Poverty, Income Inequality, and Violent Crime: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Aggregate Data Studies.” CriminalJustice
Review, Vol.18,No.2 (Autumn 1993). 182-202
(8) Internal Revenue Service. “IR-2004-47” http://irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=122521,00.html. 18 November 2011
(9) Internal Revenue Service. “IR-2011-74” http://irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=205326,00.html. 18 November 2011
(10) Pam Loeb “The Next Generation of American Giving” Edge Research. http://www.convio.com/files/next-gen-whitepaper.pdf. March 2010
(11) David Pimentel and Mario Giampietro. “Food, Land, Population and the U.S. Economy, Executive Summary” Carrying Capacity Network. 21 November 1994. 40
(12) David Pimentel and Mario Giampietro. “The Tightening Conflict: Population, Energy Use and the Ecology of Agriculture ” Cornell University. http://www. Dieoff.com/page69.htm 1994.
(13) David Pimentel and Mario Giampietro. “Food, Land, Population and the U.S. Economy, Executive Summary” Carrying Capacity Network. 21 November 1994. 40
(14) James N. Galloway et.al. “The Nitrogen Cascade.” BioScience Vol. 53 No.4 (April 2003). 352-353.
(15) see the faculty position paper, references and related articles cited in: David Pimentel etal. “Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems.” BioScienceVol. 55 No.7 (July 2005). 573-582.
(16) Rolf Fare. “Shadow Prices and Pollution Costs in U.S. Agriculture” Dept. of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Oregon State University. 4-5.
(17) David Pimentel etal. “Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems.” 580.
(18) James Rose. “Current Attitudes On and Implementation of Sound Agro-Ecological Practices in the United States, 2011” Dr. Kate Forbes: mentor. Graduate Studies 2011. p 15-19.
(19) Frank J. Dainello and Roland Roberts. “Cultural Practices” AgriLIFE Extension . Texas A&M System. 2011
(20) Anu Rangarajan “Reducing Tillage in Organic Vegetable Production.” Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station IPM: current research trials: 1
January 2008 to present (ongoing).
(21) D.C. Reicosky and M.J. Lindstrom. “Impact of Fall Tillage on Short Term Carbon Dioxide Flux.” Soils and Global Change. 1995. 177-187
(22) Tristram O. West and Gregg Marland. “The synthesis of carbon sequestration, carbon emissions, and net carbon flux in agriculture: comparing tillage practices in the United States.” Elsevier. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 27 March 2001. 224-225.
(23) R.Thomas and J.O’Sullivan etal. “Conservation Tillage Systems for Processing Tomato Production.” Horticulture Science 39(7): 2001. 1264-1268.
Respect for Our Farming Heritage
(1) George Santayana Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense. Scribner's. 1905, p. 284
(2) Leonard E.Fisher. Tracks Across America: The Story of the American Railroad, 1825-1900. Holiday Hse., 1992.
(3) James Rose "American Agricultural History: Overview and Discussion of Milestones and Missteps: 1600-1900". Empire State College Mark Soderstrom mentor. (30 December 2010)
(4) James Rose "American Agriculture Policy Failures and Milestones 1945-2010." Empire State College Mark Soderstrom : mentor. (Fall 2010)
(5) Author unknown, “A History of American Agriculture 1607-2000.” Economic Research Service. http://agclassroom.org/gan/timeline//index.htm
(6) Willard Wesley Cochrane, The Development of American Agriculture: a historical analysis.(Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press,1993), 14-33.
(7) David Hackett Fischer, “Albion Seed: Four British Folkways in America.” ( NewYork: Oxford University Press,1989), 223-226.
(8) Cochrane, The Development, 30-33.
(9) Edward Craig Bate, The Story of the Cotton Gin. (Westborough, Mass.1899), 292.
(10) Robert Sherry, “Independent Commodity Production verses Petty-Bourgeois Production,” Monthly Review 28, I (May1976): 48.
(11) Merrill Jensen, “The American Revolution and American Agriculture.” Agricultural History Vol. 43 No. 1 (January 1969): 111.
(12) Records of the Bureau of Land Management.“U.S. Revolutionary War Land Warrants . . . Acts of 1788-1806/ War of 1812” Records Group 49. National Archives, Washington D.C.
(13) Library of Congress. “A Century of lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875.” Journal of the Continental Congress Vol.28 (20 May 1976): 375.
14) The Economic Growth of the United States, 1790-1860. (Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1861), 233, Table A-VII
15) Thomas Berry. “ Production and Population Since 1789,Revised GNP in Constant Dollars.” Bostwick Papers No.6 (Richmond, The Bostwick Press,
1988).
16) Author Unknown. “Growing Nation: The Story of American Agricultural Policies and Programs.” Economic Research Service, Washington D.C. (Sept.2000).
17) Cochrane, The Development, 57.
18) David B. Danbom. Born in the Country. A History of Rural America. Second Edition.(Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press,2001),81-83.
19) Murray Rothbard. The Panic of 1819: Reactions and Policies. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 6.
20) James Rose "American Agricultural History: Overview and Discussion of Milestones and Missteps: 1600-1900". Empire State College Mark
Soderstrom mentor. (30 December 2010) 15-30.
21) Thomas Wessel.“Agriculture, Indians, and American History.” Agricultural History, Vol. 50, No.1(Jan 1976): 9-20.
22) The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.“Preemption Act.” http:www. Infoplease.com/ce6/history/A8040041.html.
23) Joyce Vialet. “A Brief History of U.S. Immigration.” Congressional Research Service. The Library of Congress. (22 December1980): 6.
24) Michael Wayne Sheridan. Inclusion in the American Dream: Assets, Poverty, and Public Policy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 27.
25) James Rose "American Agricultural History: Overview and Discussion of Milestones and Missteps: 1600-1900". Empire State College Mark Soderstrom
mentor. (30 December 2010) 25.
26) David B. Danbom. Born in the Country, 115.
27) Paul Wallace Gates, “The Homestead Law in an Incongruous Land System,” The American Historical Review, Vol.41, No.4 (July1936): 657.
28) Geoff Cunfer and Ken Sylvester, “Unremembered Diversity: Mixed Husbandry and the American Grassland,” Agricultural History 83(3), (2009): 352-383.
29) Wahpeton Breckinridge Chamber of Commerce. “Bagg Bonanza Farm.” http://wahpetonbreckinridgechamber.com/visitor_bagg.htm
30) Geoff Cunfer and Ken Sylvester, Unremembered Diversity,357.
31) Douglas W. Allen and Dean Lueck. The Nature of the Farm: Contracts, Risk, and Organization in Agriculture. (Boston: The MIT Press, 2002), 17-31.
32) Douglas W. Allen and Dean Lueck. The Nature of the Farm: Contracts, Risk, and Organization in Agriculture. (Boston: The MIT Press, 2002), 17-31.
33) Marlou Schraver “Demographic Revolution.History of Migration” Universiteit Leiden. 2008.
34) The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11thEd. Vol. I (New York: 1910): 418.
35) David B. Danbom. Born in the Country, 115.
36) John R. Pope. “ Crop Production. . .” New York Times, May 30, 1883.
37) Robert A. McGuire, “Economic Causes of late Nineteenth Century Unrest: New Evidence.” The Journal of Economic History, Vol.41, No.4 (December 1981): 840-1841.
38) Author unknown, “A History of American Agriculture 1607-2000.” Economic Research Service. http://agclassroom.org/gan/timeline//index.htm
39) Lawrence B. Lee, “ William Ellsworth Smythe and the Irrigation Movement” Pacific Historical Review, Vol.41, No. 3 (Aug 1972), 294-296
40) James Rose "Failures and Milestones in American Agricultural Policy 1902-1947. " Empire State College Mark Soderstrom, mentor.(Fall 2010) 12.
41) Chauncy D. Harris,“Agricultural Production in the United States: The Past Fifty Years and the Next,” Geographical Review. Vol. 47, No. 2 (April 1957) 176.
42) James Rose "Failures and Milestones in American Agricultural Policy 1902-1947. " Empire State College Mark Soderstrom, mentor.(Fall 2010) 13.
43) Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs. “ The Commissioners Teddy Roosevelt’s Country Life Commission ” Western Illinois University. 2009.
44) David B. Danbom. Born in the Country. 175.
45) James Rose "Failures and Milestones in American Agricultural Policy 1902-1947. " Empire State College Mark Soderstrom, mentor.(Fall 2010) 14.
46) David B. Danbom. Born in the Country. 178,284.
47) Frederick Strauss, Louis Hyman Bean. Gross Farm Income and Indices of Farm Production and Prices in the United States 1869-1937. (Washington, U.S. Gov’t. Printing Office:1940), 5.
48) James Rose "Failures and Milestones in American Agricultural Policy 1902-1947. " Empire State College Mark Soderstrom, mentor.(Fall 2010) 15-17.
49) Marion Clawson and John D. Black, “Agricultural Income and the Export Market,” Agricultural and Applied Economics/Oxford University Press Vol. 24,
No.4 (Nov. 1942), 771.
50) Dan Blatt.Understanding the Great Depression and the Modern Business Cycle: The Story of the Headless Giant. (Elk Grove, IL: Al Lavallis Ent.:2009) 1-31.
51) Kenneth Finegold and Theda Skocpol. State and Party in America’s New Deal. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press: 1995) 8.
52) Filmmaker Unknown. “The Racial Effects of the Agricultural Adjustment Act” circa 1936. http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9Hry-fbQ
53)The Plow the Broke the Plains, film, written and directed by Pere Lorentz (Washington, D.C. ; Resettlement Administration. 1936)
54) James Rose "The Dust Bowl: Knobloch-Lorentz Discussion" Empire State College Mark Soderstrom, mentor.(Fall 2010) . 55.
55) Frieda Knobloch. The Culture of Wilderness (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1996) 110
56) Daniel M. Schuyler, “Constitutional Problems Confronting the Resettlement Administration.” The Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics, Vol. 12 , No. 3(Aug.1936), 304-305.
57) Jess Gilbert and Carolyn Howe, Beyond “State and Society”: Theories of the State and New Deal Agriculture,” Vol.56, No.2 (Apr. 1991) 205.
58) Nan Elizabeth Woodruff, “Pick or Fight: The Emergency Farm Labor Program in the Arkansas and Mississippi Deltas during World War II,” Agricultural
History, Vol.64, No.2 (Spring 1990), 75-78.
59)Nan Elizabeth Woodruff, “Pick or Fight:. . .” 81-85
60)Jess Gilbert and Carolyn Howe, Beyond “State and Society”: Theories of the State and New Deal Agriculture,” Vol.56, No.2 (Apr.
1991) 205.
(61) Author Unknown. “Plant Nutrients-Nitrogen.” California Fertilizer Foundation, (2009): 1.
(62) Jan Willem Erisman, et.al. “How a Century of Ammonia Synthesis Changed the World,” Nature Geoscience, Vol. 1, (28 September2008): 639.
(63) Atlanta Center for Disease Control. “DDT Production, Import, Export . . .” http//www.atsdr.cdc/toxoprofiles/tp-35c5.pdf,(2010):221.
(64) Atlanta Center for Disease Control. “DDT Production, Import, Export . . .” http//www.atsdr.cdc/toxoprofiles/tp-35c5.pdf,(2010):221
(65) Barry Commoner. The Closing Circle. (New York: Alfred Knopf Inc.:1974). 15-23.
(66) James Rose. "Current Attitudes On and Implementation of Sound Agro-ecological Practices In the United States:2011" Empire State College. Graduate Studies Dr.Kate Forbes.(Fall 2010) 2.
(67) Monsato. "Weed management: Roundup ready System." http://www.monsanto.com/weedmanagement/pages/roundup-ready-system.aspx
(68) USDA/ARS. " Resistant Cotton Stymies Pests." http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/nov95/cotton1195.htm?pf=1
(69) Willard Wesley Cochrane, Mary Ellen Ryan. American Farm Policy, 1948-1973. (St. Paul: North Central Publishing, 1976), 4.
(70) Dan Mullins, “Farmers Hit hard by Surging Production Costs,” IFAS Rotating Extension Column, Santa Rosa Co., CA (1 July 2008):2.
(71) U.S. Bureau of Census, “Income of 1965 Families and Persons in the United States,” Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 51, U.S. Government Printing Office (1967) : 27-31.
(72) USDA, Balance Sheet of the Farming Sector (Debt to Asset Ratio by Farm Size, Selected Years) (1960-78)
(73) David Danbom. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America. (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2001), 252.
(74) David Danbom. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America, 253-55.
(75) William P. Browne. Private Interests, Public Policy and American Agriculture. (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,1988), 72.
(76) Willard Wesley Cochrane, Mary Ellen Ryan. American Farm Policy, x-xii.
(77) Willard Wesley Cochrane, Mary Ellen Ryan. American Farm Policy, 14.
(78) David Danbom. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America, 256-257.
(79) Megan Suzanne Lynch. “Budget Reconciliation Measures Enacted Into Law: 1980-2010,” Congressional Research Service. Washington, D.C. (2 September 2010):5-6.
(80) Megan Suzanne Lynch. “Budget Reconciliation Measures Enacted . . .
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(82) Library of Congress. “Bill Summary and Status 101stCongress (1989-1990) S.2830,” Titles I-XI.
(83)U.S.D.A. “Farm Business and Household Research Data: Customized Data Summaries for Agricultural Resource Management Survey,” Economic Research Service. Date/n/a.
(84) U.S.D.A “Farm Structure: historical data on farm operator household income,” Economic Research Service. Date/n/a.
(85) Edwin Young and Dennis Shields, “1996 Farm Bill” Economic Research Service/ U.S.D.A. (April 1996):1-4.
(86) James Bovard. “Freedom to Farm Washington,” Freedom Daily. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0199.asp (January 1999).
(87) Michael Pollan. Omnivore’s Dilemma. (New York: Penguin Press, 2006), 67.
(88) Debra Eschmeyer. “Michael Pollan: The Farm Bill That Congress Passed,” Local Forage. http://www.localforage.com/local_forage/2008/06/your-primer-on.html, (4 June 2008).
(89) Beau Hurtig, “ The 2002 Farm Bill, One Small Step for Family Farmers, One Giant Leap Towards Corporate Protection in Iowa.” Journal of Corporation Law , (1 October 2003): 4
(90) Library of Congress. “Bill Text 107thCongress(2001-2002) H.R.2646.ENR
(91 )Oregon Department of Energy, “Biomass Energy: Cost of Production.” http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/Cost.shtml (21August 1010).
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(94) USDA. “Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities”released in 2009 1-22.
(95)USDA. “Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities”released in 2009 1-22.
(96) Rod MacRae. “A History of Sustainable Agriculture” Ecological Agriculture Projects. Excerpt from thesis. Ste-Anne-de-Bellvue,QC, Cananda: McGill University. (1990)
(97) Cornell Cooperative Extension “Small Farm Program” website: http//www.smallfarms.cornell.edu. 21 May 2011.
(98) H. Willer and L.Klicher (eds.) The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2009 (Bonn,Germany:2006) 18.
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(105) 2012 Farm Bill. http://www.ag.senate.gov/issues/farm-bill/
Women: On the Forefront of the New Farm
1) Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2007 and 002http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_US/st99_1_050_050.pdf
2) Ladies of the Land http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/ladies_of_the_land
3) Community Supported Agriculture: A Marketing Strategy for Small Acrearage Producers in Idaho. http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edcomm/pdf/CIS/CIS1173.pdf
4) Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2007and 002http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_US/st99_1_050_050.pdf
5) USDA 2007 Census of Agriculture http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/Fact_Sheets/Demographics/women.pdf
6) J.F. Pirro. "The Future of Women in Agriculture" Farming Magazine. December 2010.
(7) Genevieve Slocum. " What Women Want : Pennsylvania's Women in Agriculture Day highlights the growing number of female farmers and how they're changing the face of the agricultural community." Rodale Institute. 15 March 2007http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/what_women_farmers_want
(8) International Federation of Agricultural Producers. "Women Farmers." http://www.ifap.org/committees/women-farmers/en/
(9) Dan Siverstien. "Women Farmers in A Developing World." Huffington Post World. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-silverstein/women-farmers-in-the-deve_b_348104.html
(10) IFAP. "Promoting women’s leadership in farmers’ and rural producers’ organizations" Thirty-third Session of IFAD’s Governing Council. http://www.ifad.org/farmer/2010/agenda/e/report_women.pdf
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12) , Marta B.Chiappe and Cornelia Butler Flora. "Gendered Elements of the Alternative Agriculture Paradigm." Rural Sociology 63, no. 3 (September 1998): 378-390.
13) Curtis E. Beus and Riley Dunlap. "Conventional Versus Aternative Agriculture . . . " Rural Sociology 55, no.5 (September 1990) 590-616.
14) James Rose. "Quality of Life and the Small Farm. Interviews and Analysis." Empire State College. Graduate Studies. Fall Semester 2010. Anastasia Pratt. Mentor
Happiness: Quality of Life
1) Economist Intelligence Unit. “ Bhutan Economy: Gross National Happiness Index Adopted.” 3 February2009. http.//www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout . . . 20 January 2011
2) Lyonpo Jigmi Y.Thinley. “Values and Development : Gross National Happiness.” Text of the Keynote Speech Delivered at the Millennium Meeting 30 October 1998 Seoul, Republic of Korea.30 October 1998.
3) Richard Easterlin. “Will raising the Incomes of All Increase the Happiness of All?” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol.1,Issue1 (June 1995), 35-47.
4) Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch. “Gross National Happiness as an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?” Journal of Development Economics. Vol.86, Issue 1. ( April 2008), 22-42.
5) Eric Zency. “ Gross National Happiness Measures Quality of Life” National Public Radio (9 June 2010) : Morning Edition.
6) Med Jones. ““Gross National Happiness Survey” International Institute of Management Survey website: http//www.iim-edu.org/polls. 19 January 2011.
7) John Ikerd "Farming for Profit and the Quality of Life." Prepared for presentation at the 2007 Acres U.S.A. Conference and Trade Show, December 7, 2007
8) Ed Diener and Martin EP. Seligman, “Beyond Money. Toward an Economy of Well-Being,” Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5 (1), 2004, 1–31.
9) James Rose. "Quality of Life and the Small Farm. Interviews and Analysis." Empire State College. Graduate Studies. Fall Semester 2010. Anastasia Pratt.
Mentor
10) Gale and Den Shaw. “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500013. (7 December 2011) James Rose: interviewer. 29:30
11) Steve and Faith Hope. "Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500016. (10 March 2011) James Rose: interviewer. 36:06
12) Ephraim Merzan “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500018. (14 February 2011) James Rose: interviewer.: 20:19
13) Thomas R. Randall “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500014. (17 November 2010) James Rose: interviewer. 27:02
14) Stephanie and Gary Craft. “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500023. (10 March 2011) James Rose: interviewer excerpts :8:10 -30:16.
15) Lenny Kaples “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500010. (25 July 2010) James Rose: interviewer. 39:06
16) USDA FAS "South China Fresh Friut Market Updates" 1 January 2010. http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/South%20China%20Fresh%20Fruit%20market%20updates_Guangzhou_China%20-%20Peoples%20Republic%20of_2012-1-19.pdf
17) Maxson Thiem “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500011. (17 November 2010) James Rose: interviewer 17:59
18) Gale and Den Shaw. “Quality of Life on the Small Farm” Interview #WS500013. (7 December 2011) James Rose: interviewer. 29:30
Sample Reading and Resources ( This feature will be updated periodically) Please Contribute to this List By Filling Out the Contact Form Below
Periodicals & Journals
The Stockman Grass Farmer. PO Box 2300 Ridgeland MS 39158-2300
Compilation: USDA - The Ten Top Research Jounals for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/agnic/susagjournals.shtml
The Progressive Farmer subsvcs@progressivefarmer.customersvc.com
Small Farm Today Small Farm Today 3903 W Ridge Trail Rd, Clark, MO 65243
Compilation List: New England Small Farm http://www.smallfarm.org/main/our_farm/small_farm_library/special_periodicals_collection/
Journal Of Sustainable Agriculture http://www.tandfonline.com/action/pricing?journalCode=wjsa20
NOFA Newsletter http://nofamass.org/
Books
The Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook Richard Wiswall
Born in the Country: A History of Rural America David Danbom
The Ecology of Agroecosystems John Vanemeer
The Closing Circle Barry Commoner
Building A Sustainable Business ,,. For Farms Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
The New American Farmer: Profiles . . . John Ikerd
Farmer Jane Terma Costa
Online
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition http://sustainableagriculture.net/
Northeast Organic Farmers Association http://nofamass.org/
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education http://www.sare.org/
Alternative Farm Systems Information http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/OAP/OAP.shtml
Community Supported Agriculture http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/
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