Food and Social Policy, I: Proceedings of the 1976 Midwestern Food and Social Policy Conference, Volume 1Gary H. Koerselman, Kay E. Dull Iowa State University Press, 1978 - 400 pages Food and the future of civilization; Generalists and specialists; Corporate agriculture and the family farm; The question of triage - Who shall die?; The role of food in foreign affairs; Food as the foundation of civilization; food and celebration; Intraindustrial communications in agribusiness; Feeding animals versus feeding people; Agricultural policy for the United States; Feasibility of a food reserve system; Farm-retail price spread; Closed cities issue; Grain spection; Regulation and the market system; Research and education in agriculture; Urban expansion versus black soil. |
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... land at public auction in lots no smaller than 640 acres at a minimum price of $ 1 per acre . This meant that it would take at least $ 640 to buy a farm directly from the ... land would have first chance to buy the land at 50 Chapter 3.
... land at public auction in lots no smaller than 640 acres at a minimum price of $ 1 per acre . This meant that it would take at least $ 640 to buy a farm directly from the ... land would have first chance to buy the land at 50 Chapter 3.
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... land losses , to identify good land and its capability and to protect it from unnecessary conversion . Blobaum also predicts that energy shortages will reduce food supplies transported to the Midwest and it will need to produce a ...
... land losses , to identify good land and its capability and to protect it from unnecessary conversion . Blobaum also predicts that energy shortages will reduce food supplies transported to the Midwest and it will need to produce a ...
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... lands we will permit to be converted to nonagricultural purposes . The responsibility for this identification must be placed higher than the local level . Individual land uses with- in the urban designated lands can be left to local ...
... lands we will permit to be converted to nonagricultural purposes . The responsibility for this identification must be placed higher than the local level . Individual land uses with- in the urban designated lands can be left to local ...
Contents
2 GENERALISTS AND SPECIALISTS | 37 |
3 CORPORATE AGRICULTURE AND THE FAMILY FARM | 46 |
Oren Lee Staley president 195576 National | 66 |
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