TY - JOUR
T1 - A case study of transitions in farming and farm labor in southwestern Idaho
AU - Meierotto, Lisa
AU - Castellano, Rebecca L.Som
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the Authors.
PY - 2019/4/8
Y1 - 2019/4/8
N2 - Farm labor in the U.S. is undergoing significant transitions. First, fewer farmworkers are migrating in the traditional sense, and more are settling in to rural American communities. Second, more women are working in agriculture—a process referred to as the feminization of agriculture. Third, there has been an increase in so-called “recreational” crops” like marijuana and hops grown for craft microbrew beers. This paper discusses these three transitions in Southwestern Idaho. These transitions were observed during pilot research conducted in Idaho during 2017– 2018. We present this paper as a case study of current transitions in American agriculture.
AB - Farm labor in the U.S. is undergoing significant transitions. First, fewer farmworkers are migrating in the traditional sense, and more are settling in to rural American communities. Second, more women are working in agriculture—a process referred to as the feminization of agriculture. Third, there has been an increase in so-called “recreational” crops” like marijuana and hops grown for craft microbrew beers. This paper discusses these three transitions in Southwestern Idaho. These transitions were observed during pilot research conducted in Idaho during 2017– 2018. We present this paper as a case study of current transitions in American agriculture.
KW - Farmworkers
KW - Feminization of Agriculture
KW - Idaho
KW - Migrant Farm Labor
KW - Recreational Crops
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068733843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5304/jafscd.2019.084.008
DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2019.084.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068733843
VL - 8
SP - 111
EP - 123
JO - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
IS - 4
ER -