DePauw University Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University Student research Student Work 4-2020 Contemporary Challenges Facing Small, Family Farms in America: The Grant Family and Their Maraschino Cherry Farm Haley Allaben DePauw University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch Part of the Agriculture Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Allaben, Haley, "Contemporary Challenges Facing Small, Family Farms in America: The Grant Family and Their Maraschino Cherry Farm" (2020). Student research. 132. https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch/132 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student research by an authorized administrator of Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Contemporary Challenges Facing Small, Family Farms in America: The Grant Family and Their Maraschino Cherry Farm Author Haley Allaben Sponsor Dr. Clark Sage Committee Dr. Harry Brown Dr. Jennifer Everett Class of 2020 DePauw University Honor Scholar Program ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Harry Brown for his guidance in refining the nonfiction narrative, his feedback, and support of this thesis. I would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Everett for contributing her ethical perspective and enlightening conversations on the environment, agriculture, and society. I would like to thank Dr. Clark Sage for believing in me and this project from the very first day we met – when I approached him about the story of a Michigan maraschino cherry farm, and the desire to tell the story of the plight of the small, family farmer so personal to my own family story.