{"id":752,"date":"2016-05-11T21:47:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T01:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/?p=752"},"modified":"2017-06-05T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:37:53","slug":"vanishing-farms-by-benjamin-credle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/vanishing-farms-by-benjamin-credle\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanishing Farms by Benjamin Credle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2\" width=\"2074\" height=\"2972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2.jpg 2074w, https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2-768x1101.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Benjamin_Credle_Map-Series-2-960x1376.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/a>VANISHING FARMS: NORTH CAROLINA\u2019S AGRICULTURAL MYTH<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The popular image of North Carolina is one of rural life, citizens making a living working the land. We celebrate the state\u2019s rural heritage in local farmers\u2019 markets and the annual agricultural fair in Raleigh. Simply put, it is ingrained in the culture of the state. There is certainly a strong agricultural tradition, with several farms still in operation after more than a century. In fact, the vast majority of land in North Carolina was considered part of farm holdings until recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>Today, there seems to be no room for agriculture. The dissappearance of farms in North Carolina traces back to the start of the Second World War. As stated by J. Paul Lilly of North Carolina State University, \u201cBy 1940, due to mechanization and lack of opportunity off the farm, there was a huge population surplus on farms with no place to go&#8230;The war [WWII] removed people from the farm. It created a larger market for farm products, producing more income and more pressure toward mechanization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We still see ourselves as an agricultural state, with proud slogans proclaiming the importance of products from pork to peanuts in the economy of North Carolina and the United States as a whole. But, we are confronted by the fact that less than one percent of the state\u2019s citizens work in agriculture, and that their work, while important, accounts for less than three percent of state GDP.<\/p>\n<p>The question becomes, \u201cShould we preserve this way of life? And if so, how?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANISHING FARMS: NORTH CAROLINA\u2019S AGRICULTURAL MYTH The popular image of North Carolina is one of rural life, citizens making a living working the land. We celebrate the state\u2019s rural heritage in local farmers\u2019 markets and the annual agricultural fair in Raleigh. Simply put, it is ingrained in the culture of the state. 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