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    • Characterizing Agriculture of the Middle and Values-Based Food Supply Chains

      Agriculture of the Middle (AOTM) encompasses a spectrum of farms and ranches that are declining because they are too small to be served well by commodity markets and too large or otherwise unsuited to be served well by direct markets. Most AOTM farms are characterized by their types of production and crops, their business organization, […]

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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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