{"title":"Review of Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement","authors":"David Luftig","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.2012870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.2012870","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"23 1","pages":"44 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43046206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Llamas and Alpacas","authors":"R. Sperling","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.2012083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.2012083","url":null,"abstract":"You may have seen internet memes comparing llamas and alpacas (e.g., https://amp.cheezburger.com/9680389/llamas-vs-alpacas-learn-the-difference and https://imgur.com/t/llama/lHoXp). “An alpaca has soft fleece,” one such meme reads, while a llama “has a knife in its fur.” “Llamas are the Devil incarnate,” reads another, while “alpacas are not the Devil incarnate.” While llamas are larger, stronger, and generally more independent than alpacas, it is safe to say that these pack animals are being unfairly, if humorously, maligned. Both llamas and alpacas can be ill-tempered when highly provoked – like other camelids, llamas and alpacas are famous spitters – but they also can be quite docile, even friendly, when raised and handled properly. This column discusses some of the differences between llamas and alpacas, their various uses, and some tips and resources for raising them.","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"23 1","pages":"2 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43851339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sharing the Science of Agricultural Practice: Information Transfer via the Annual Reports of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1862–1868","authors":"Christine D’Arpa","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.2010563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.2010563","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The information work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture not only altered the kind and amount of information farmers had access to, but effectively sought to redefine who the experts were: through the production and dissemination of research conducted by scientists at the Department, or work by others filtered through the institution. One vehicle for this information transfer was the annual report. This study identifies and examines the information work of the agency from 1862–1868 and situates it within the context of the emergence of the modern state and the history of information. It is conceded on all hands that the farming interest is the basis of all other interests and the primary source of national prosperity. The outlines of the rise and decay of the Roman empire could have been written in the fields which environed the capitol as well as in her libraries amid historical records. Report of Mr. Owen Lovejoy (IL) from the House Committee on Agriculture, February 11, 1862. (Rives et al., 1862, p. 856) [The American farmer] belongs to a class of citizens who hold in their hands five-sixths of the wealth of the country and its entire political power; and the hands which have wrought this wealth are able to defend the Constitution which makes us one people. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture, January 1, 1863. (United States Department of Agriculture, 1863, p. 14)","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"23 1","pages":"9 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45655810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data Practices Ten Years Later: A New Review of Selected Publications by Crop Sciences Faculty","authors":"Sarah C. Williams","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.2013850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.2013850","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explores data reuse and data sharing based on a review of the two most recent publications of each faculty member in crop sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following the methodology of a study conducted in 2011, this 2021 study reveals current practices and compares present-day findings with those of the original study and other literature on data practices. In particular, this work addresses the variety of data sources used by scientists, data citation practices, common data sharing methods, and the challenges of determining the effects of funder policies on data sharing.","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"23 1","pages":"28 - 43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48970612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of the New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability","authors":"Innocent Awasom","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.1936399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.1936399","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"22 1","pages":"141 - 141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44218864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (https://sustainableagriculture.net/)","authors":"Leyla Cabugos","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.1966728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.1966728","url":null,"abstract":"From 1981 through 1986, agricultural communities in the United States (U.S.) experienced the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s (Barnett, 2000). In the decade prior, agricultural production had increased dramatically, encouraged by government programs and by growing international demand for U.S. agricultural commodities. Agricultural producers, particularly those just starting their businesses, took on high levels of debt to purchase equipment and land in an effort to maximize production and hedge against inflation. Heavily leveraged farmers were devastated when elevated production and loss of some export markets brought down commodity prices sharply, and drought added to the dire losses incurred by farmers and their communities (Barnett, 2000). Grassroots organizations working with rural communities during this farm crisis observed widespread interest among farmers in alternatives to trying to achieve viability through scale. Representatives from these groups came together to explore how federal research programs could better support farmers to “use more of their management and skills to cut input cost, to add value to their production, and capture a bigger share of the profit in the food system” (Hassebrook, 2015, p. 2). Drawing inspiration from seminal government research and policy recommendations on the status of family farms (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1981), agricultural lands (United States Department of Agriculture & the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, 1981), and organic practices (United States Department of Agriculture Study Team on Organic Farming, 1980), leaders in these discussions agreed on the need for representation in Washington to advance a policy platform to more comprehensively support sustainable agriculture (Hassebrook, 2015; Hoefner, 2015). They also recognized the value of cultivating a diverse network that could engage https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.1966728","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"22 1","pages":"94 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47534817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claire Williams, Savannah Gleim, S. Smyth, D. M. Macall
{"title":"Canadian Consumer Risk Perceptions of Food Production","authors":"Claire Williams, Savannah Gleim, S. Smyth, D. M. Macall","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.1968873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.1968873","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Agriculture has a long history of providing safe food products. Yet, consumers frequently express skepticism about the safety of the food products. Consumer perception of biotechnology products is not homogenous, particularly for products derived from genetic modification. This article reports results of a 2018 online consumer survey of English-speaking Canadians, wherein preferences toward a variety of risks and benefits related to commonly used food production methods were expressed. Results indicate that regardless of the method used, consumers are unsure of their feelings toward food production. Overall, consumers are skeptical of biotechnology and favor organic food production methods.","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"22 1","pages":"120 - 137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47357757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of the CABI Horizon Scanning Tool ( https://www.cabi.org/Horizonscanningtool ) Reviewed by Jocelyn Boice, Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins, Colorado","authors":"J. Boice","doi":"10.1080/10496505.2021.1967219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2021.1967219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Food Information","volume":"22 1","pages":"138 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46442572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}