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Podcast: New Books in Food
Episode: Sarah K. Mock, "Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm" (New Degree Press, 2021)
Description: InĀ Farm (and Other F Words):Ā The Rise and Fall of the Small Family FarmĀ (New Degree Press, 2021),Ā Sarah K. MockĀ seeks to answer āwhat exactly do we mean by a Good Farm?ā She looks at size, income, and age, among other factors that might be metrics of a Good Farm. Using USDA NASS data, farmer interviews, and experience Sarah shares some not so easy to hear perspectives. In this interview, Sarah discusses the systems at play, most working exactly as intended, that are preventing agribusiness from operating as businesses at all. We discuss the lack of mechanisms to remove in...