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dc.contributor.authorMarinez, Juaneng
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Victoreng
dc.contributor.meetingnameCambio de Colores (3rd : 2004 : St. Louis, Mo.)eng
dc.coverage.spatialMichigan -- Van Buren Countyeng
dc.date.issued2007eng
dc.descriptionPresentation made at Latinos in Missouri (3rd : 2007 : St. Louis, Mo.) and published in the annual conference proceedings.eng
dc.description.abstractOur paper is, "New Latino Farmers in the U.S. Heartland: An Example of a Growing Trend in U.S.Agriculture." It is a change that is affecting the economic well-being, social, and cultural arena of rural America. We will address the major findings of our USDA-funded study on the how Tejano farmworkers and Mexican immigrants from Chicago are becoming small farmers in southwestern Michigan. The study is based on a qualitative survey conducted in Van Buren County with 30 out of 32 Latino farmers in the county. Specifically, we will discuss how these farmers are using their social capital to enter the farming business. We will show that they use very little government assistance and provide the reasons for this practice. Our presentation will also demonstrate that Latinos, in general, are becoming new farmers across the United States, challenging the myth that they are only farmworkers.eng
dc.format.extent7 pageseng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/48937
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherCambio Centereng
dc.relation.ispartofCambio de Colores (3rd : 2007 : St. Louis, Mo.). Cambio de Colores: Latinos in Missouri : Gateway to a New Community : Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference: St. Louis, Missouri, March 10-12, 2004. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri.eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Office of the Vice Provost for International Programs. Cambio Centereng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source.urihttp://www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/eng
dc.subject.FASTHispanic American farmerseng
dc.subject.FASTFamily farms -- Economic aspectsSocial capital (Sociology)eng
dc.subject.FASTAgriculture -- Economic aspects -- U.S. stateseng
dc.subject.FASTAgricultural assistance -- Government policyeng
dc.titleNew Latino Farmers in the Midwest: The Case of Southwest Michiganeng
dc.title.alternativeGateway to a New Community : Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference: St. Louis, Missouri, March 10-12, 2004.eng
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