Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972, Part 3C, Land Ownership, Use, and Distribution
Author: Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate
Date Published: 1972
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco and Fresno, CA during the 92nd Congress on "Farmworkers in America" The hearings contained within this volume are concerned with Land Ownership, Use and Distribution. That old American dream of free men tilling and working the soil that they own is turning into a nightmare, from what I have seen of rural America. In spite of our devotion to the free enterprise system, it is beginning to appear that the most efficient unit of production, namely, the family farmer, is the one who is dying out to the benefit of the most inefficient unit of agricultural production, the large syndicate farmer, or the large corporate or conglomerate agribusiness enterprise in rural America. We are interested in getting at the reasons for this phenomenon in rural America, which leads not only to dehumanization of life in rural America, but also the dehumanization of life in urban America, as the migration continues from the countryside to the cities.
Date Published: 1972
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco and Fresno, CA during the 92nd Congress on "Farmworkers in America" The hearings contained within this volume are concerned with Land Ownership, Use and Distribution. That old American dream of free men tilling and working the soil that they own is turning into a nightmare, from what I have seen of rural America. In spite of our devotion to the free enterprise system, it is beginning to appear that the most efficient unit of production, namely, the family farmer, is the one who is dying out to the benefit of the most inefficient unit of agricultural production, the large syndicate farmer, or the large corporate or conglomerate agribusiness enterprise in rural America. We are interested in getting at the reasons for this phenomenon in rural America, which leads not only to dehumanization of life in rural America, but also the dehumanization of life in urban America, as the migration continues from the countryside to the cities.
