eliot coleman paper delivered at yale

June 15, 2011 in Essays & Articles
Tags: Severine

I’m not the hugest fan of this paper, but he references a lot of historical texts that I’ve begun digging into.

Currently on the bed: Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West 

It is a history of American Populism (which was born in the farmer cooperatives and state level leadership of Wisconsin, Iowa, etc).

The galvanizing force then, was the monopoly of the railroads– 

A key phrase described as the  ”Iowa Idea” Was that government should not provide “shelter to monopoly”– resultant to these sentiments was that a government should be controlled by the people, elected by direct primary. This changed the structure of governance in America, and built up a vibration that resulted eventually in THE NEW DEAL.

More coming, I’m only just starting… We are getting our lists together!

*If you have suggestions, please send them in.  Email farmer@thegreenhorns.net with ““American Agricultural HIstory for Greenhorns” as the subject.

~Severine

PAPER PREPARED FOR THE AGRARIAN STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

YALE UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010

ELIOT COLEMAN AND BARBARA DAMROSCH

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TAPESTRY

AN AGRARIAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLDDownload the PDF HERE

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