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14. Agricultural Exceptionalism in Environmental Regulation: The Role of Social Constructions of Wilderness.

Author

Denny, Riva C. H.

Abstract

Agriculture in the United States (US) represents a significant source of environmental degradation, especially water pollution. However, agriculture remains exempt from most environmental regulations. To better understand the current exempt or exceptional status of agriculture in US environmental policy I examine two historical social constructions of wilderness, one of which influences perceptions of farmers and the other of farmland. First, during early US settlement, wilderness was constructed in a Biblical context that placed farmers as a positive moral force-turning savage wilderness into civilized landscapes. The second construction of wilderness, which was based on the ideas of the sublime and the frontier, framed wilderness as an ideal landscape and has focused attention away from agricultural landscapes as a site for environmental intervention. These social constructions of wilderness help to explain the American reluctance to regulate farmers and to address environmental impacts on, and from, agricultural lands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014

15. Strategies for Enhancing University Extension's Role as an Agricultural Information Source.

Author

Houser, Matthew, Denny, Riva C. H., Reimer, Adam, Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T., and Stuart, Diana

Subjects
AGRICULTURAL informatics, STRATEGIC planning, UNIVERSITY extension
Abstract

In this article, we identify factors contributing to the low use of Extension as an information source for farm management decisions and make recommendations for how to increase use of Extension in the context of midwestern row crop agriculture. Results from our mixed-methods analysis show that conservative recommendations, declines in public funding, and the perception of "cutting-edge" private sector information contribute to low use of Extension. We recommend changes to Extension at system and ground levels that could potentially increase its use among farmers. As many of the issues facing farmers and Extension span the nation, our findings and recommendations likely apply to a number of geographic and agricultural contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018

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