Marty Strange earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and sociology from Defiance College and a Master of Science degree in agriculture economics from University of Missouri. Strange worked for rural America his whole career. For 38 years Strange was a valuable member to two organizations, when both was just starting. The two organizations was Rural School and Community Trust policy program (Rural Trust), which Strange was a member of the Board of Directors for 15 years and Center for Rural Affairs which Strange was the program director for 23 years. That organization help lead to the sustainable agriculture movement. Presently, Strange resigned to return to consulting heading the “Formula Fairness Campaign and consulting on other policy issues” (Marty Strange, Long-Time Policy Director At Rural Trust Resigns).
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Family farms are valuable for important factors like social, ethical and economic reasons. However, it is not easy to gain that power back because of the current policies in that time. This book reveals the biases in America on farm policies that absurdly inspire expansion. Biases are in areas of income tax provisions, subsidized credit services, and federal commodity programs. After the farm financial crisis on the 80’s, family farms changed becoming more specialized, increase requirement in large amounts of money to produce goods and services, weaker to the unsteady conditions in agriculture. This lead to a greater financial risk and public aid to expand farms is more common and expensive.
This book also discusses the internal conflicts between the private interests of individual farmers and the public interests in family farming as a whole (cite). It open the eyes to the notion that bigger is better, and analyses the technological base of current agriculture, and ecological, ethical and economic farming practices.
Family farms are valuable for important factors like social, ethical and economic reasons. However, it is not easy to gain that power back because of the current policies in that time. This book reveals the biases in America on farm policies that absurdly inspire expansion. Biases are in areas of income tax provisions, subsidized credit services, and federal commodity programs. After the farm financial crisis on the 80’s, family farms changed becoming more specialized, increase requirement in large amounts of money to produce goods and services, weaker to the unsteady conditions in agriculture. This lead to a greater financial risk and public aid to expand farms is more common and expensive.
This book also discusses the internal conflicts between the private interests of individual farmers and the public interests in family farming as a whole (cite). It open the eyes to the notion that bigger is better, and analyses the technological base of current agriculture, and ecological, ethical and economic farming practices.