{"product_id":"fate-of-family-farming-variations-on-an-american-idea","title":"Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRonald Jager\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e1584650265\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniv Pr of New England\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Fate of Family Farming employs a hands-on approach, with much local New England detail, in its exploration of the history and future of American family farming as an idea and as an ongoing way of life. Early chapters situate family farming within American history, beginning with Jamestown and Plymouth, continuing with Jefferson, Emerson and others, and including the technological transformations occuring in farming during the twentieth century. An extended chapter deals with the idea of agrarianism, and considers in detail the work of Louis Bromfield, Victor Hanson, and Wendell Berry. The middle section of the book opens a window on present-day farming with detailed portraits of four farms devoted, respectively, to the production of maple syrup, eggs and corn, milk, and apples. The author takes the reader to the barns and fields of these farms, introduces the farm families, helps the reader taste the syrup and corn and smell the silage and, ultimately, enables others to see the economic and ecological challenges that farmers today face, and to consider their strategies for survival. In the last portion of the book the author provides a very accessible examination of the role\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Univ Pr of New England","offers":[{"title":"Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea | Ronald Jager | Hardcover | 1584650265 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks F 1726852","offer_id":48167495205016,"sku":"1726852","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51CJ1T7HQ4L.jpg?v=1771947765","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/fate-of-family-farming-variations-on-an-american-idea","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}