"Most agricultural production is of commodity or undifferentiated products. Producers suffer from a roller-coaster ride of price swings, over- or under-production, weather and pest threats, and the inability of family famers to capture anything beyond a small percentage of the final price....

Early roots -- Across the pond; the colonization of America -- From charity to philanthropy -- Abstract philanthropy : professionalization and the business of benevolence -- Turbulent times -- The growth of the nonprofit sector -- The growth of advocacy -- Dollars and sense -- The outcomes...