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We Are Still Here: Tracing U . S . Agricultural Change through the K ardel Multigenerational Farm
Author(s) -
Kardel Abigail
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
culture, agriculture, food and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2153-9561
pISSN - 2153-9553
DOI - 10.1111/cuag.12041
Subject(s) - agriculture , family farm , politics , trace (psycholinguistics) , tracing , agricultural economics , geography , agricultural science , business , economy , political science , economics , computer science , environmental science , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , law , operating system
This essay explores the evolution of a specific A merican family farm in rural I owa, from 1853 through present. It describes macrolevel economic, structural, and political events during this period and their microlevel effects on the K ardel family farm. Historical sources and interviews with family farm members are used to trace how this working, multigenerational family farm navigated and adapted to national and international events affecting M idwestern U . S . family farming. In so doing, it sheds light on wider trends in agricultural evolution and on factors influencing the prospects for continued survival of U . S . family farming.