This document, largely a condensation of selected papers which were presented to the 1969 Annual Agricultural Outlook Conference and some related studies, summarizes the facts and ideas about agriculture and community life in the United States with some implications for the future. American agriculture today is now partly a highly commercialized…

Large numbers of people are still employed in production, marketing, and processing of flue-cured tobacco in eight agricultural subregions in five southeastern states. Mechanization and new technology which is being introduced could result in substantial economic and social problems unless new economic opportunities are developed. However,…

The agri-industry curriculum for the Fort Benton school system was developed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the vocational technology curricula to develop skills and attitudes that will permit students to find satisfaction and success in their careers. The curriculum consists of agri-industry…

The paper examines the social structure of Canada's agricultural production. It argues that "the official development strategy is typical of state involvement in maturing capitalist economies and that, in so far as these policies are successful, they bring to an end small scale production of primary products by absorbing rural people into an…

The article describes a vegetable gardening project for the elderly (age 65 or older) sponsored by a community action agency and the New Mexico State University horticulture department. A student director and two instructors provided technical management, and the students (young and old) learned about production agriculture and each other. (MF)

Instructors at all levels can draw on the materials in this list to teach a course on the population-food question. The resources are listed under the following headings: selected references, professional literature, data, and films. (RM)

This book is part of the Canada At Work series that introduces children to the people, machines, work and environmental concerns involved in bringing to market the products from important Canadian natural resources. This volume features a year-round look at two kinds of agriculture in Canada. On the vegetable farm, children find out about spring…

The purpose of this study was to collect facts and figures on the cost of vegetable foods to city families, the possibilities of raising much of this food in the city, and the educational value of garden training to the people, especially the children, of the city of Richmond, Indiana. Although located in the center of a farming region, the prices…

Outlines the development of educational communication in the field of agriculture. (RK)

Taken from a paper delivered at the Durham meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in September 1970. (IR)

Describes Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), an independent public corporation established to aid scientific research in developing nations. The four programs executed by them are agriculture, food, and nutrition sciences, health sciences, information sciences, and social sciences. (Author/SA)

This study determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between the quality of supervised occupational experience, as measured by labor income and the scope of the student's program, and the level of achievement in technical knowledge for students in production agriculture. (SK)

Describes facilities at the Bush Educational Center in Elmira, New York and components of its agriculture education program, which includes involvement of educators in planning, maintaining, and improving facilities. (TA)

Competencies for a safety certification program for youth in agricultural production were validated by an expert panel and a sample of secondary agriculture and youth. A set of 170 competencies in 12 units were developed into a CD-ROM curriculum. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)