; more farm families are having to rely on other jobs to stay afloat. Eighty-two percent of farm household income is expected to come from off farm work this year, up from 53 percent in 1960. (16) Seventy-five percent of America’s farmed cropland is now controlled by 12 percent of farms, and the number of farmers leaving the land will continue to increase unless and until these trends are reversed. (17) The decline of small family farms undermines the economies of rural communities across America; it has pushed Main Street businesses, from equipment suppliers to small banks, out of business or to the brink of insolvency. (18) Increased concentration in the agribusiness sector has a harmful effect on the environment