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Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

Creator:

Filan, Trina Robin

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This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...

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Masters Thesis

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Agriculture, 2000). In 1997' in the state of Oregon, the focus area of this study, out of 34,030 total farm
Civic agriculture : the successes, trials, and future of the local food movement in the Willamette Valley

Creator:

Klingensmith, Thomas S.

Abstract:

This study investigated the local and sustainable food movements in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The aim of the research was to better understand the current condition of the phenomenon, what it means to the communities studied and the future role it will play in the state. Other research objectives...

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Masters Thesis

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presented on June 13, 2012 Title: Civic Agriculture: The Successes, Trials, and Future of the Local Food