CARI: Center for Applied Rural Innovation
Title
Small Farming Systems for the Midwest and Reintegrating Agriculture and Community in the Midwest
Date of this Version
1999
Document Type
Article
Citation
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
225 Keim Hall
Lincoln NE 68583-0949
Abstract
Part I: Small Farming Systems for the Midwest Small farms are real farms. 1 John Ikerd
A time to act for family-sized farms. 7 Chuck Hassebrook
Successful systems for market gardening 13 Lynn Byczynski
Hogs, hoop houses, and holistic management: A diversified crop/livestock farm 23 Tom Frantzen
Trees and herbs: A multi-storied agricultural system for southeastern Iowa 29 Tom Wahl, Kathy Dice
Integrating quality of life, economic and environmental issues: An agroecosystem analysis of Amish farming 39 Deborah Stinner, Richard Moore, Benjamin Stinner, Fred Hitzhusen
Adding value: Pastured-poultry, direct marketing and other strategies 47 Muriel Barrett
Integrating management-intensive grazing with crop production 53 Tom Larson
A diversified organic crop/livestock system .59 Dave Welsch
Making a small farm work: Lessons from a vineyard and winery 67 Larry Mawby, Lori Hall Steele
The economics of small farms. 73 Michael Duffy
IX Part II: Reintegrating Agriculture and Community in the Midwest
Feeding the village first, 83 Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society
Getting it straight before we eat ourselves to death: From food system to foodshed in the 21st century. 99 Jack Kloppenburg, Sharon Lezberg
City Sprouts , 107 Kate Brown
Lincoln's Historic Haymarket Farmers' Market .111 Billene Nemec
The Green Corridor Project: Tools for preserving farmland and open space 115 Michael Pressman
Community Supported Agriculture 129 Molly Bartlett, Holly Harman Fackler
Strengthening the local food economy through involving institutional food buyers 139 Kamyar Enshayan
Profile of a Kansas beef co-op: From ranch to retail supermarket 147 Diana Endicott, Lisa Bauer
The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing 153 Neil Hamilton
Developing an infrastructure for local processing of agricultural products 159 Jill Gifford, Steve Wang
Growing the three sisters: Community organizing and local food systems 163 Robert Karp
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