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Reclaiming space for small scale agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon

Creator:

Gossen, Kimberly A.

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As recent interest has grown in the connections between how food is produced, distributed and consumed, and the overall health of food systems for people and the environment, a movement toward localizing food systems has emerged. In Lincoln County, Oregon, citizens, restaurateurs and university extension faculty, among others, have started...

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Masters Thesis

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presented on June 10, 2008. Title: Reclaiming Space for Small Scale Agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon
What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:

Stanton, Michael

Abstract:

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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