Farm typology and sustainable agriculture: Does size matter?

Edmund M. Tavernier; Vic Tolomeo

doi:10.1300/J064v24n02_05

Farm typology and sustainable agriculture: Does size matter?

Edmund M. Tavernier, Vic Tolomeo

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics

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Abstract

The 2001 Agricultural, Food and Public Policy Preference Survey consists of a typology of farms and issues relating to sustainable agriculture. The typology provides an opportunity to investigate the often anecdotally alluded to relationship between farm size, particularly small farms, and sustainable agriculture. This paper utilizes the typology to examine seven classes of farm size and finds a positive and statistically significant relationship between small farms and sustainable agriculture. The interaction term of farm size and tenure suggests that nonagricultural incentives may be adversely impacting the sustainable agriculture decisions of farmers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	33-46
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J064v24n02_05
State	Published - Jun 28 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Development
Agronomy and Crop Science

Keywords

Extension
Farm bill
Farm size
Impermanence syndrome
Logistic regression

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