Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community

Tables

tables 2.1. Changes in the Structure of Agriculture from 1910 to 1997: Farms, Acres, Tractors, and Fertilizer 21 3.1. Farm Structure Information and Enterprise Diversification on U.S. Farms: 1910, 1950, 1997 32 3.2. Concentration of Agricultural Production by Various Commodities: 1997 Census of Agriculture 33 3.3. Top Ten States Ranked by Agricultural Sales: 1910, 1950, 1997 37 3.4. Top Ten Counties Ranked by Agricultural Sales: 1959 and 1997 38 4.1. Ten Largest Food-Processing Corporations: 2001 50 4.2. Ten Largest Grocery Store Chains in the United States: 2001 53 4.3. Share of Economic Activity within the Agricultural Sector Accounted for by Farmers, Input Suppliers, and Marketers: 1910 and 1990 58 5.1. Two Models of Agricultural Development 70 5.2. Selected Elements of Conventional Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture 80 6.1. Six Characteristics of Civic Agriculture 85 6.2. Consumer Perspectives on Community-Supported Agriculture 90 6.3. Civic Agriculture Trends in New York State 97 [xi] ...