id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_nnxmdhww5rcwpi7cc7vt6gf3tm Mark S. Henry Small Farms and Sustainable Development: Is Small More Sustainable? Discussion 1996 4 .pdf application/pdf 2757 163 62 two streams of analysis—''sustainable development" and "small farms." This is a worthwhile objective, as there has been little effort to link the two If the farm size structure continues on the path toward "industrialization;' like the mega-hog operations in North Carolina that seem to be responsible the large "industrial" farms produce the same output and do a better job of conserving the resource review of the literature, the authors attribute a number of benefits to small farms. of large farm operations, farmers on small-scale large-scale protection of small urban fringe farms whether it be by small farms or large "industrial" This benefit example suggests that small farm operators hand down environmentally sound practices. suggest that small farm operators are good environmental stewards since they depend more on offfarm income. Henry: Small Farms and Sustainability: Discussion 87 Henry: Small Farms and Sustainability: Discussion 87 small farm operations needed to generate the same ./cache/work_nnxmdhww5rcwpi7cc7vt6gf3tm.pdf ./txt/work_nnxmdhww5rcwpi7cc7vt6gf3tm.txt