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NEW January 2008

The New American Food Economy

The New Farm

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and the Future of Agriculture

The Concentrated Animal Feeding Controversy: A Question of Sound Science

The Promise and Perils of Biofuels

Recycling for Sustainability

Concerned about the Climate?  Focus on the Economy

Farming for Profit and Quality of Life

 

THE SUSTAINING PEOPLE THROUGH AGRICULTURE SERIES

 

A complete collection of John Ikerd's previous Small Farm Today articles are included in his new book, "Small Farms are Real Farms:  Sustaining People Through Agriculture," available from Acres USA, Inc. http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?prodid=1640&catid=27&pcid=2

 

PREVIOUS PAPERS

SMALL FARMS

Innovation Through Tradition for Small Farm Success

Small Farmers, Big Markets:  Working Together for Sustainability

The New Food Culture: Good News for Small Farms                         

Small Farms: The Foundation for Long-Run Food Security

How Big Should a Small Farm Be?

The Small Farm Revolution

Small Farms: Their Role in Our Farming Future

Small Farms are "Real" Farms

 

 

THE NEW AMERICAN FARM 

Eating Local:  A Matter of Integrity

Agriculture:  A Legacy of Land and People

The Family Farm on the Cutting Edge

The New Farm Crisis Calls for New Farm Policy

Reclaiming the Soul of Food & Farming

Painting a New Picture: The New American Farm

New Farmers for a New Century

Farming in Harmony

Reconnecting Consumers and Farmers in the Food System

The New American Farm

21st Century Agriculture: The End of the American Farm or the New American Farm

 

 

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Key Ingredients in a Sustainable Food System

Sustaining the Family Farm

Sustainable Agriculture: A North American Snapshot

Twenty Years of Sustainable Agriculture

The Ecology of Sustainability

A New Jubilee of Agricultural Sustainability

Sustainable Farms: Reconnecting with Consumers

Sowing the Seeds of Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture: A Question of Social Justice

Reclaiming the Sacred: Sustainable Farming as a Metaphor for Sustainable Living

Sustainable Agriculture: It's About People

Hallmarks of Sustainable Farming Systems

Shared Leadership, Shared Responsibility and Shared Rewards

Some Missouri Farmers’ Perspectives of Sustainable Agriculture

Understanding and Managing the Multi-Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture: A Positive Alternative to Industrial Agriculture

Fantasies of Mr. Avery’s High-Yield Agriculture
Environmental Risks Facing Farmers

Assessing the Health of Agroecocosystems: A Socioeconomic Perspective

THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN AMERICA

Agricultural Policies for Food Security

Reweaving the Fabric of Rural America

Your Food Systems: Are They Secure?

Farming with Values that Last: Family, Community, Land & Faith

Choices and Consequences for the Future of Food & Farming

Linking the Future of Farming with the Past: Through Educational Farms

Reinventing the Food Chain

Successful Farming is Mainly About Thinking

Why Farming is Important in America

Can American Farmers Compete?

Hope for the Future of Farming: Rediscovering Agriculture

Reclaiming the Spiritual Roots of Farming

New Farmers for a New Century

The New American Agricultural Revolution

The Architecture of Organic Production


 

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Role of Rural Church in Sustaining Rural Communities

Principle-based Planning for Sustainable Communities

Reclaiming Rural America from Corporate Agriculture

The Next 30 Years of Provender

Sustaining the Common Wealth of Rural People & Places

Sustaining the Sacramental Commons

Sustaining the Rural Community Commons

Hogs, Economics, and Rural Communities

Revitalizing Rural Communities Through Agriculture

Rethinking the Role of Agriculture in the Future of Rural Communities

Health Farms Healthy Communities: Our Link to a Sustainable Future

Sustaining Rural Communities through Sustainable Agriculture

Sustaining Communities Through Urban Agriculture

Healing and Creativity: A Whole Vision for Rural America

Sustainable Farming and Rural Community Development

Sustainable Agriculture as a Rural Economic Development Strategy

Who Owns America: Land Use Planning for Sustainability


 

THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY

Creating and Managing Sustainable Organizations

Conflicts of U.S. Farm Policy with Food Safety, Nutrition and Health

It's Time to Dismantle Failed Farm Programs                                 

Financing the Future of American Agriculture                                       

Rethinking the First Principles of Agroecology

The Economics of Hunger

Is Sustainable Capitalism Possible

Economic Realities of Sustainable Energy

Toward an Economy of Sustainable Energy

Reclaiming Our Food Sovereignty from the Global Economy

The Globalization of Agriculture: Implication for Sustainability of Small Horticultural Farms

New Farm Bill & U.S. Trade Policy: Implications for Family Farms & Rural Communities

Economics as if People Mattered; Farming for Quality of Life

Organic Agriculture Faces the Specialization of Production Systems

Rethinking the Economics of Self-Interests

The Case for a Bill of Rights for Sustainability

Toward an Economics of Sustainability

Sustaining the Profitability of Agriculture

Alternative Organizational Structures: Implications for Competitiveness of Markets
Making a Difference in the Future of Agriculture & Forestry: A Return to Common Sense

 


SUSTAINABILITY & CONFINEMENT ANIMAL FEEDING

Confronting CAFOs through Local Control

 

The Questions Rural Communities Should Ask About CAFOs

Do We Need Large-Scale Confinement Animal Feeding Operations?

Corporate Hog Production: The Colonization of Rural America

Corporate Livestock Production: Implications for Rural North America

Economic Fallacies of Industrial Hog Production

The Real Economics of Factory Livestock

The Economic Impacts of Increased Contract Swine Production in Missouri

Top Ten Reasons for Rural Communities to be Concerned About Large-Scale, Corporate Hog Operations

 

 

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Los Nuevos Sistemas alimentarios de Estados  Unidos

Sostenibilidad y Biotecnología

Los Costos Reales de la Globalización Para los Agricultores, Consumidores, y Nuestra Cadena Alimenticia

Nuevos Agricultores para un Nuevo Siglo

Role del Mercadeo en la Agricultura Sostenible

Vinculando el Futuro de la Agricultura con el Pasado: Mediante las Fincas Educativas

La Arquitectura de la Producción  Orgánica

 

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