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Encroachment and Historically Agricultural Areas

Department of Social Sciences, Institute for Leadership Education, 100 Wartburg Blvd.-CTC309, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa 50677

Correspondence: K. S. Kremer, E-mail: kathy.kremer{at}wartburg.edu

The United States has experienced 50 yr of reduction in farmland, most often attributed to urban and rural development patterns that encourage sprawl and encroachment of land in agricultural production. Although academics and citizens ask if there are limits to this growth, the scholarly focus has favored examination of public policy and science-based responses over exploration of social and community impacts and approaches. The focus here is social with the premise that public policy and the actions of institutional representatives, including university extensionists, are ineffective and potentially detrimental without community consensus and support. Strategies for bridging the agribusiness, quality of life, and social preservationist frames in historically agricultural communities are proposed based on research experiences in the Midwest.

Key Words: sprawl • encroachment • agriculture • university extension • frame bridging • social preservation