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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