TY - JOUR
T1 - Conflict at the rural/urban interface
T2 - Mushroom farms and composting in a suburbanizing environment
AU - Kelsey, Timothy W.
AU - Singletary, Loretta
N1 - Funding Information:
Notes Funding for this project came, in part, from the American Mushroom Institute.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Major complaints, nuisance suits, and vandalism threaten the ability of farms in suburbanizing areas to survive as development occurs around them. This is a particular concern in one county in southeastern Pennsylvania, an area of rapid population growth but also the nation's most productive mushroom producing area. This study examines mushroom growers' indications that on-farm composting is a major source of complaints from nonfarming neighbors. The study found that the size of the farm and the number of homes nearby were significantly more important factors than composting in explaining which mushroom farms receive complaints.
AB - Major complaints, nuisance suits, and vandalism threaten the ability of farms in suburbanizing areas to survive as development occurs around them. This is a particular concern in one county in southeastern Pennsylvania, an area of rapid population growth but also the nation's most productive mushroom producing area. This study examines mushroom growers' indications that on-farm composting is a major source of complaints from nonfarming neighbors. The study found that the size of the farm and the number of homes nearby were significantly more important factors than composting in explaining which mushroom farms receive complaints.
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U2 - 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701844
DO - 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030437055
SN - 1065-657X
VL - 4
SP - 89
EP - 96
JO - Compost Science and Utilization
JF - Compost Science and Utilization
IS - 3
ER -