In Pursuit of Agri-Power The One Thing North American Farmers and Ranchers Can't Produce

"What's the one thing North American farmers & ranchers can't produce? Power, says Sister Thomas More Bertels, agriculture's hell-raising nun...It is a book for thinking people."--Laura Lane, THE FARM JOURNAL, Mid-January, 1989. An historical analysis of the causes & consequences of the separatism that marks the agricultural community in both the United States & Canada. In seven self-contained sections, attention is paid to the effects of urban stereotyping of farm people, sound reasons for preserving the family farm structure, the need for a Systems Approach to formation of farm policy, & the bottlenecks that "mess up" the system -- persons & structures in government, religion & academia. The role of social activism on farm issues is described at some length. The Systems Approach is the pivot. The subject matter is serious but the writing style is not bookish. It's readable with a humorous vein. The material is carefully documented, presented as a personal reflection of what was observed & studied firsthand. "The author minces no words in speaking her piece on what is right & wrong about the way agriculture presents its case on the political scene.... IN PURSUIT OF AGRI-POWER is a wise investment in reading time."--Leland H. Ruth, President, Agricultural Council of California, THE GRIDLEY TIMES, September 6, 1989.Bertels, Thomas M., Sr. is the author of 'In Pursuit of Agri-Power The One Thing North American Farmers and Ranchers Can't Produce' with ISBN 9780962503405 and ISBN 0962503401.