video linking sustainable ag to community (fwd)

Margaret Merrill (mmerrill@leo.vsla.edu)
Tue, 17 Dec 96 8:43:56 EST

Hi all

A friend asked me to forward this to all interested parties. I
think you will find it well worth looking into.

Merry Christmas.

Margaret

According to Cornelia Flora:
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> >Video Describes How Sustainable Agriculture
> >Contributes to Vital Rural Communities
> >
> >There are many ways to manage change in agriculture, including alternatives
> >to the "bigger is always better" approach. A video produced by Iowa State
> >University Extension in cooperation with the Western SARE/ACE Program and
> >the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, demonstrates how
> >social capital and community are critical for managing change in
> >agriculture, as well as how sustainable agriculture contributes to vital
> >rural communities.
> >
> >The video, Social Capital and Sustainability: the Community and Managing
> >Change in Agriculture, describes the mutual dependency between rural
> >communities and the surrounding landscape. It explains how changes in the
> >use of resources such as: reduced federal programs, increased globalization
> >of markets, advanced information systems, and increased concern for the
> >environment, alters the landscape and requires changes in human, financial
> >and social resources within the community.
> >
> >Social Capital and Sustainability focuses on the role of sustainable
> >agricultural systems in managing change in agriculture. Those systems rely
> >on sharing information, openly discussing problems, learning from past
> >experiences, envisioning the future, and accepting that each farm will be
> >different. The video then explains that social capital shares these same
> >characteristics, and when adapted to communities, the results are usually
> >positive.
> >
> >Copies of Social Capital and Sustainability: The Community and Managing
> >Change in Agriculture are available for $20 from the Extension Distribution
> >Center, Iowa State University, 119 Printing and Publications Building, Ames,
> >IA 50011-3171; (515) 294-5247, (515) 294-2945 fax,
> >pubdist@exnet.iastate.edu. Please specify publication EDC-88.
> >
> >
> >
> Cornelia Flora
> North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
> 317 East Hall
> Iowa State University
> Ames, IA 50011-1070
>
> phone 515 294 1329
> fax 515 294 2303
>
> cflora@iastate.edu
> http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/rdev/RuralDev.html
>

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Margaret Merrill
Jefferson Madison Regional Library
201 E. Market St.
Charlottesville, VA  22902-5287
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