Disconnections in US and EU Agricultural Policy and Trade Negotiations: A Transaction Cost Politics Approach

This article investigates aspects of the institutions and decision making processes in the United States and the European Union that affect the coordination of domestic farm programs and trade negotiations for agriculture in each entity. We explore how current institutions and processes contribute to a level of incoherence - or lack of coordination - between domestic farm programs and trade negotiations in the United States. Constructs from transaction cost politics with an emphasis on the decision to delegate authority from the principal to an agent are used to understand how institutional processes affect the coordination of domestic legislation.This article investigates aspects of the institutions and decision making processes in the United States and the European Union that affect the coordination of domestic farm programs and trade negotiations for agriculture in each entity. We explore how current institutions and processes contribute to a level of incoherence - or lack of coordination - between domestic farm programs and trade negotiations in the United States. Constructs from transaction cost politics with an emphasis on the decision to delegate authority from the principal to an agent are used to understand how institutional processes affect the coordination of domestic legislation., Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management, Political Economy,

Disconnections in US and EU agricultural trade policy: a transactions cost politics

International Relations/Trade,

Where Have All the Utopias Gone? Ritual, Solidarity, and Longevity in a Multifaith Commune in New Mexico

Utopian experiments creating new forms of community have dotted the globe throughout human history. Despite grandiose visions, a majority of communal experiments have faded quickly into oblivion. A wealth of scholarship has focused on reasons why communes typically fail. My research of an ecumenical commune in northern New Mexico examines what has facilitated its perpetuation for over 42 years. I participated in this community for different periods of time for over three years. With the assistance of a resident oral historian, I was able to expand my study into a diachronic view that spanned decades. I conclude that there are multiple and interconnected factors that have given strength to this community. Factors contributing to its persistence throughout its existence have been a strong economic base, strong social structures, overarching ideologies, adaptability, charismatic influence, ritual observances, sacralization of space and material culture, amicable relations with the outside, conflict management mechanisms, and boundary maintenance. In the past two decades other factors have been added or intensified to contribute to its solidarity including a transient population and a widening circle of outside support

Letter from R[obin] L[inda] and G[eorge] H[ansen] to Helen Muir, 1905 Nov.

Offered as a Sweet-smelling savour to the children of Berkeley from a happy home.Thanksgiving, 1905.[illegible]THANKSGIVING-SONGIN WORDAND DEED04228 These paper-bags here, all for you,For every lass and laddie too;In them three bulbs so fat and round As only grow in Holland\u27s ground, They came to us and want to live In any soil that you may give, In wind or shelter, bed or spot, In sun or shade, in box or pot. And as you children wish to know How right to plant, how best to grow, Just follow what we have to tell: We\u27ve lived with them, and know them well.Plant each in holes five inches deep, And ere you think it, there will peep A bunch of leaves into the light, First tightly packed, then stretched in might, And in the centre of its hold Now forms a stem, alone and bold.It bears a button for a head Wrapped tight as if in fear of wet. But wait, till but the sun is out Then see, and hear the joyous shout As now it bursts with whim and will Into the TRUMPET DAFFODILWhile still at home the winds do blow And tell of storms and distant snow. But louder only blows the horn: Springtime has come when I am born, My tender garment, golden dressed Declares that HOPE is manifest.The other bulb, its fairest mate, Doth now unfold, a trifle late, In purest white with crimson eye That never questions when or why, But tells of FAITH in heaven found, The words of Easter, world-around. NARCISSUS is its cheery name, Its soul, a Christ, from Heaven came.The third--wee thing--of different kind Of rush-like foliage, modest mind, Of smaller growth, in darker shade, Brings tresses many, finely made. They are but small, yet we are told, Of heavy texture, purest gold. And for a message they impart The incense of a grateful heart. A voice that all can understand,From northern clime to southern land, The voice of everlasting LOVE From earth beneath to heaven above. They gave it JONQUIL for a name, Of worldwide beauty, worldwide fame.Now, children when these flowers glow Enjoy them, love them as they grow,Content to leave them where they stand Or pluck them for another hand;But promise that the bulbs alone Shall rest till all the leaves are gone.Forget about them, as it were, As if you did no longer care. And lo, a year from planting day A double number makes its way In HOPE, FAITH, LOVE, to golden bliss Your DAFF\u27DIL, JONQUIL and NARCISS.Trot off, you happy gard\u27ning lot, Dig up your bed, seek out your spot. And if a thought of thanks should come To Mary\u27s heart or lips of Tom, Remember then the givers\u27 mood: Be HAPPY, that it is GRATITUDE

Pre-Feasibility Business Models for High Tunnel Production and Light Processing/Accumulation

This report, prepared for the March 2009 Final Report of Tunnels to Tables, explains business models for high tunnel production

High-tunnel resource manual and producer resource kit providing the tools for profitability

Producers interested in high tunnel production received instructions and guidance on how to operate these structures successfully

Tunnels to tables: High tunnel production and distribution model for produce

High tunnel facilities offer a production alternative for specialty crop farmers, but also require a new set of management skills and tactics