Table of Contents

Table of Contents

What is the Family Farm Project?

National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professorship

Project Participants

Fieldwork: The Family Farm

Rural Delivery

Media Coverage and Public Presentations

Introducing Knox County

General Description

A Brief History

An Overview of Agricultural Life

Sources for Introduction to Knox County

What is Family Farming?

What is Family Farming in Knox County?

Myths and Sterotypes

Diversity of Farms

Sources for What is Family Farming?

Life on a Family Farm

Daily work routine

Sources for Life on a Family Farm

Rural Economic Values

Survival Mechanisms for keeping competitive

Agricultural Markets

Government policy

Sources for Farm Economy

Farm Organizations and Community Life

Farm Service Organizations

Tomorrow's farmers

The Knox County Fair

Farming and Community Values

Development and future of farming

Sources for Farm Organizations and Community Life

Farming and the Environment

Different Styles of Farming

Crop and Grazing Rotations

Sources for Farming and the Environment

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