BackStory; Green Acres: A History of Farming in America

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Series
BackStory
Episode
Green Acres: A History of Farming in America
Producing Organization
BackStory
Contributing Organization
BackStory (Charlottesville, Virginia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/532-qv3bz62p4f
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Episode Description
With an uncertain future for the mighty "Farm Bill" - major legislation embracing agricultural subsidies and nutrition programs - we take a look at how farmers became such powerful players in American politics, and American life. In this episode, Peter, Brian, and Ed consider why the ideal of the self-sufficient, independent American farmer is still so powerful - even as the reality has changed dramatically - and who has invoked that ideal over time. From railroad companies to anti-imperialists, the image of the "yeoman farmer" has served many different ends over the years, and served to anchor one of the most successful government lobbies in history.
Broadcast Date
2013-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Rights
Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. With the exception of third party-owned material that may be contained within this program, this content islicensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 InternationalLicense (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:52:06
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Producing Organization: BackStory
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BackStory
Identifier: Green-Acres_A_History_of_Farming_in_America (BackStory)
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Duration: 00:52:06
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Citations
Chicago: “BackStory; Green Acres: A History of Farming in America,” 2013-00-00, BackStory, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 22, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-532-qv3bz62p4f.
MLA: “BackStory; Green Acres: A History of Farming in America.” 2013-00-00. BackStory, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-532-qv3bz62p4f>.
APA: BackStory; Green Acres: A History of Farming in America. Boston, MA: BackStory, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-532-qv3bz62p4f