Interviews with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) growers in Iowa, a majority of
whom are women, shed light on the relationship between gender and CSA as a system of …

The emergence of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Iowa holds promise for rural
areas. CSA offers opportunities for small-scale, beginning and part-time farmers, not only …

This article presents GEMS, a contemporary model of volunteer administration that addresses
current and emerging needs and was developed by the authors. The GEMS Model …

The emergence of a small and medium enterprise sector and conditions supporting
entrepreneurship are key elements in the transition to a market economy. This article reports the …

In a 1983 article in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Beverly Everett, speaking
from the perspective of a farm woman, issued a call to engage more women in conservation (…

This paper situates women in the public space of US agriculture by chronicling the development
of the Women Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN). WFAN has grown from concern …

Development interventions increasingly support active participation of community members
especially through community-level groups. This article explores the quality of participation …

To turn America's rural communities from decades of decline to a condition of maintenance
in the 1990's and to growth and development in the new century requires local …

The long-term viability of many rural communities depends on the adoption of innovative
institutional arrangements. This paper focuses specifically on the development of …

The rural Midwest is experiencing a marked increase in immigration during this decade,
mainly persons of Hispanic origin. Latino families have lived in midwestern communities for …