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Filtering by: Creator Long Range Planning Conference (1924 : Hood River County, Or.) Committee Member Tilt, Bryan Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.)

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:

Stanton, Michael

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This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...

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Masters Thesis

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interviews with local smallholder farmers who were organically certified or used other sustainable methods
Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Kubein, Adele

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This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...

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Masters Thesis

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long-standing group of community leaders, two important community groups were excluded from the