Losing ground: Farmland preservation, economic utilitarianism, and the erosion of the agrarian ideal

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-223

  Mariola, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarianism; Agricultural ethics; American Farmland Trust; Economic utilitarianism; Farmland preservation; New agrarians; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644443071     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-8281-1     Document Type: Article

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