摘要：The structural change in rural America that has occurred over the past decades has created significantpressures for farms and rural economies. In part, this is because the rural communities were built to servean agriculture that is no more. The evolving structure of agriculture has effected the economic base forrural communities, and the adjustments in these communities are conditioning the future of farms andagriculture. In short, there is much interdependence between the farms and rural communities and in theirresponses to the pressures of change. We will focus on what seem to be the major factors contributing tothese pressures and speculate on how the adaptation processes will/can evolve. The factors identified aretechnology, globalization, place policy, and infrastructure.
