Category: Background Reading
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A regional imperative: the case for regional food systems
Katherine Ruhf and Kate Clancy report on the concepts, practices, challenges, and promise of regional food systems. The report’s focus is on the Northeast U.S., a laboratory for regional food…
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Policy Workshops and Webinars
The policy objective of the Agriculture of the Middle project is to build the capacity of project members to investigate, address, and communicate policy issues surrounding mid-scale supply chains. Research…
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Why and How to Include Policy in Ag of the Middle Research
Over the years, NC 1198 members have identified and articulated many issues facing Ag of the Middle producers and their supply chain partners. We all understand that public policy plays…
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Agriculture of the Middle entry from the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics
In Thompson, PB and DM Kaplan, editors. 2014. Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, Netherlands. This entry focuses on ethical issues associated with the decline and…
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A Priority Research Agenda for Agriculture of the Middle
Agriculture of the Middle is an initiative addressing the problem of the disproportionate disappearance of midsize farms and ranches in the US, and the markets and infrastructure needed to maintain…
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Why Worry About the Agriculture of the Middle?
A White Paper for the Agriculture of the Middle Project During the past several decades, the American food system has increasingly followed two new structural paths. On one hand, small-scale…