I am in a rush now and cannot answer in detail. Most of the production comes
from fairly large farms, which probably is owned by a farmer. Corporatations
however impose ever more stringent contracts on farmers, so that many, if not
most, become more like franchise owners than outright owners.
Louis Proyect wrote:
> Check out the Monthly Review special issue on agriculture from a couple of
> years ago. There is a tremendous article by Richard Lewontin that not only
> makes the case that most farming is done by self-employed family farmers,
> but has the statistics to back up his argument.
>
> At 02:30 PM 3/28/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Does anyone have any good figures on the farm population of
> >the United States? How many "small farmers" are left -- not
> >counting those whose primary family income is from regular
> >off-farm employment. Also, I'm not sure how to define "small
> >farmer." Does this category add up to a politically significant
> >sector of the population any longer?
> >
> >Carrol
> >
> >
> >
>
> Louis Proyect
>
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