Agriculture of the Middle

Research, education and policy strategies that keep farmers and ranchers on the land

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  • The Agriculture of the Middle initiative seeks to renew small and mid-sized farming and ranching through innovative market relationships.

    Agriculture of the Middle

The Agriculture of the Middle initiative supports research, education and policy strategies that keep farmers and ranchers on the land. The initiative is supported as a Multistate Research Project through USDA. It brings together practitioners, researchers and activists to explore questions that arise in our efforts to transform agriculture and our food systems.

Agriculture of the Middle projects create strategic alliances among farmers, processors, distributors and retailers to reach consumers who care about the impacts of their food purchases.

Research

Our research addresses economic, social, environmental, and policy topics related to a thriving Agriculture of the Middle. We … Read more

Education

We have created teaching materials on values based food supply chains for university-level courses and extension. Agriculture … Read more

Policy

Our research informs policy decisions that seek to ensure the viability of small and mid-scale farms and their values based supply chain partners. Starting … Read more

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Current funding support provided by United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Multistate project, NC-1198, “Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle: Value Chain Design, Policy Approaches, Environmental and Social Impacts”(2017 -2022).

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