When agricultural production and related businesses dominated rural
economies, policies that strengthened and improved agriculture
tended to strengthen and improve the well-being of most America's
small communities and rural residents. As the strength of this
linkage declined over the past century, many have felt that the
rural policy has been left largely fragmented and unfocused,
compromising a patchwork of programs and initiatives rather than a
coherent policy. Yet agriculture remains the primary policy
framework for Congresses' consideration of rural issues.
Significant changes are occurring in the structure of the US
agro-food system. These changes are likely to pose important
questions about the direction and coherence of current rural
policy. Several significant trends in the evolving structure of
agriculture are discussed in this book: (1) a continuation in the
trend toward fewer and larger farms; (2) a potential acceleration
of that trend as production shifts to more tightly integrated and
vertically co-ordinated production through supply chains; (3)
greater environmental pressures on conventional agricultural
production practices stemming from urban and suburban interests;
and (4) changing food consumption patterns.
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