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Daughdrill, Martha J. "Urban Growth and Family Farmers: Strategic Responses," American University, February 1986. Advisor: Brett Williams (7, 10, 5)
Many of the farmers in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States whose operations are located near metropolitan centers face a special set of survival problems generated in large part by urban growth. However, urban growth also provides opportunities for the continued existence of farming activity, contributing to the development of a regional food system and the preservation of the region’s agricultural base. This study, drawing upon ethnographic methods, is an exploration of the ways in which fruit, vegetable, and nursery growers near Washington, D.C. perceive and adapt to the rapid changes occurring in the region as urban growth pushes outward.
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