Farming without a recipe: Wisconsin graziers and new directions for agricultural science

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 384-393

  Lyon, Alexandra ^a   Bell, Michael M ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a   Jackson, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroecology; Graziers; Participatory research; Research methods; Sociology of knowledge; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGROECOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; GRAZING; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 82855175159     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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