Eating Delmarva:
Agricultural Transformations in Wicomico County, 1880-Present
Eating Delmarva is a student publication that is the result of a class project in 2004. It is arranged in a rough chronological order. The chapters are designed to be read sequentially, as they build upon earlier analyses and arguments, but each chapter also stands on its own. Thus, if you are primarily interested in the Wicomico County canning industry, you can jump straight to chapter 4-6. Not surprisingly, there is far more detail about agriculture in Wicomico County than could fit into ten chapters. Each chapter has a separate bibliography, and the sources indicated there are useful places to look for further detail about the topics raised in these essays.
I: Report Abstract
II: Introduction: Agriculture in Wicomico County Prior to 1880
Elsbeth Mantler
III: Truck Farming on the Eastern Shore, 1880-1950
Shawn Kidd
IV: The Growth of Canning in Wicomico County and its Social Impact
Kimberly Wheeler
V: The Decline of the Canning Industry in Wicomico County
Evan Howard
VI: The Environmental Impacts of the Wicomico County Canning Industry
Mary Creamer
VII: Delmarva and its Poultry Industry
Amanda Sprows
VIII: Perdue: Soft on Chickens, Tough on Everything
Else?
Jessie Hartline
IX: The Environmental Impacts of the Poultry Industry
Sarah Foerter
X: Conclusion: Bush Legs and the Geopolitics of Wicomico County
Agriculture
Abigail Horton
XI: Appendix: Strawberries
Leslie Baker