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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability

The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability

Minkoff-Zern, Laura-Anne

Paperback

Series: Food, Health, and the Environment

Business GeneralGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0262537834
ISBN13: 9780262537834
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Nov 12 2019
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming.

Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify as white, a growing number of new farmers are immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who originally came to the United States looking for work in agriculture. In The New American Farmer, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern explores the experiences of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners, offering a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. She finds that many of these new farmers rely on farming practices from their home countries--including growing multiple crops simultaneously, using integrated pest management, maintaining small-scale production, and employing family labor--most of which are considered alternative farming techniques in the United States.

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