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  • Cultural evolution and small-scale farming

    Creator:
    Caday, Peter P.
    Abstract:
    Small-scale farmers are defined under United States Department of Agriculture guidelines as those whose gross farm sales are less than $40,000. They are typically contrasted with mid-scale farmers whose gross sales are less than $100,000, and with large-scale farmers whose sales are more than $100,000. Arguments from cultural and historical...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, made possible the Small Farms Project in Polk County, Oregon, on

  • Reclaiming space for small scale agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Gossen, Kimberly A.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Ten Rivers Region of Western Oregon? Abstract approved