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Cultivating Narratives: Cultivating Successors

Thomas L. Steigera,*, Jeanette Eckertb, Jay Gatrellc, Neil Reidd, Paula Rosse

http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2012.022.012, pp. 89–105

 

Abstract

This paper analyzes oral histories of eight northwest Ohio farms on the theme of farm succession. We report several significant findings: a process of succession that is less orderly than some recent studies suggest; that farmers hope for, even expect succession but do not plan for it; the importance of wives to the adaptation and diversification of on-farm operations; and that contrary to some claims, the “farmer’s boy”–type successors can innovate and adapt, suggesting the future of family farms may be in sounder hands than some believe.

 

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family farms, farm transfer, floriculture, intergenerational succession, Ohio, oral history

 

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a,* Corresponding author: Thomas L. Steiger, Department of Psychology, Indiana State University; Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA; +1-812-237-3426; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

b University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center; +1-419-530-6048; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

c College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Indiana State University; +1-812-237-3005; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

d Department of Geography and Planning and the Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo; +1-419-530-3593; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

e Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo; +1-419 530-3595; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Note: This project was funded by grants from the Ohio Humanities Council and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (award 2010-38897-21205).
 

 

 

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