How the plight of small farmers shapes their perceptions of abandoned land

Kuntz, Kara2012-05-092012-05-092012-05http://hdl.handle.net/10829/1224Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.For my honor's thesis, I surveyed Allegany County farmers on their perceptions of abandoned land, with a goal of discovering how they felt personally affected by land abandonment and what personal factors (socio-political) may have influenced that perception.en-USHonors thesisLand abandonmentFarmingHow the plight of small farmers shapes their perceptions of abandoned landThesis