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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Page 98
... production is reached . Based on what has happened to food production in the United States , I don't feel that any human living today can accurately predict the ultimate limit of the food supply or when that cataclysmic point in time ...
... production is reached . Based on what has happened to food production in the United States , I don't feel that any human living today can accurately predict the ultimate limit of the food supply or when that cataclysmic point in time ...
Page 189
... production has been realized from cattle and sheep fed solely forage rations . It has been demonstrated that dairy cows and goats can maintain themselves and produce milk at creditable levels when fed rations comprised entirely of ...
... production has been realized from cattle and sheep fed solely forage rations . It has been demonstrated that dairy cows and goats can maintain themselves and produce milk at creditable levels when fed rations comprised entirely of ...
Page 250
... production in this country are potentially high production cropland and would need few soil conservation measures to be brought back into production . Thirty - three million acres have medium potential ; moderate soil conservation ...
... production in this country are potentially high production cropland and would need few soil conservation measures to be brought back into production . Thirty - three million acres have medium potential ; moderate soil conservation ...
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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