Liz Carlisle: Healing grounds: Climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 28, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Sushmita Chatterjee and Banu Subramaniam, Eds.: Meat! A Transnational Analysis
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 28, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Liz Carlisle: Healing grounds: Climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming
(Source: Agriculture and Human Values)
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 28, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Sushmita Chatterjee and Banu Subramaniam, Eds.: Meat! A Transnational Analysis
(Source: Agriculture and Human Values)
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 28, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Beyond farming women: queering gender, work and family farms
AbstractThe issue of gender and agriculture has been on the research agendas of civil society organisations, governments, and academia since the 1970s. Starting from the role of women in agriculture, research has mainly focused on the gendered division of work and the normative constitution of the farm as masculine. Although the gendered division of work has been questioned, the idea of binary gender has mostly been taken as a given. This explorative research shifts the attention from the production of (traditional) gender roles to the making and unmaking of binary gender. An ethnographic study of four farms in Switzerland...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 27, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Improving the agri-food biotechnology conversation: bridging science communication with science and technology studies
AbstractAt a time when agri-food biotechnologies are receiving a surge of investment, innovation, and public interest in the United States, it is common to hear both supporters and critics call for open and inclusive dialogue on the topic. Social scientists have a potentially important role to play in these discursive engagements, but the legacy of the intractable genetically modified (GM) food debate calls for some reflection regarding the best ways to shape the norms of that conversation. This commentary argues that agri-food scholars interested in promoting a more constructive agri-food biotechnology discussion could do...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 26, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Food justice in Vermont ’s environmentally vulnerable communities
In this study, we examine cases of food insecurity and food justice issues in Vermont ’s environmentally vulnerable communities. Using a structured door-to-door survey (n = 569), semi-structured interviews (n = 32), and focus groups (n = 5), we demonstrate that: (1) food insecurity in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities is prominent and intersects with so cioeconomic factors such as race and income, (2) food and social assistance programs need to be more accessible and address vicious cycles of multiple injustices, (3) an intersectional approach beyond distribution is required to address food j...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 25, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Improving conservation outcomes in agricultural landscapes: farmer perceptions of native vegetation on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
AbstractWith agriculture the primary driver of biodiversity loss, farmers are increasingly expected to produce environmental outcomes and protect biodiversity. However, lack of attention to the way farmers perceive native vegetation has resulted in conservation targets not being met. The Yorke Peninsula (YP), South Australia, is an agricultural landscape where < 5% of vegetation remains on private properties and roadsides. To identify YP farmers’ barriers to vegetation conservation on the roadside and private properties, we interviewed 35 farmers representing 56,980 ha of farms (11% of the YP area) and three ag...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 25, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Food justice in Vermont ’s environmentally vulnerable communities
In this study, we examine cases of food insecurity and food justice issues in Vermont ’s environmentally vulnerable communities. Using a structured door-to-door survey (n = 569), semi-structured interviews (n = 32), and focus groups (n = 5), we demonstrate that: (1) food insecurity in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities is prominent and intersects with so cioeconomic factors such as race and income, (2) food and social assistance programs need to be more accessible and address vicious cycles of multiple injustices, (3) an intersectional approach beyond distribution is required to address food j...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 25, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Improving conservation outcomes in agricultural landscapes: farmer perceptions of native vegetation on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
AbstractWith agriculture the primary driver of biodiversity loss, farmers are increasingly expected to produce environmental outcomes and protect biodiversity. However, lack of attention to the way farmers perceive native vegetation has resulted in conservation targets not being met. The Yorke Peninsula (YP), South Australia, is an agricultural landscape where < 5% of vegetation remains on private properties and roadsides. To identify YP farmers’ barriers to vegetation conservation on the roadside and private properties, we interviewed 35 farmers representing 56,980 ha of farms (11% of the YP area) and three ag...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 25, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Ag-tech, agroecology, and the politics of alternative farming futures: The challenges of bringing together diverse agricultural epistemologies
AbstractAgricultural-technology (ag-tech) and agroecology both promise a better farming future. Ag-tech seeks to improve the food system through the development of high-tech tools such as sensors, digital platforms, and robotic harvesters, with many ag-tech start-ups promising to deliver increased agricultural productivity while also enhancing food system sustainability. Agroecology incorporates diverse cropping systems, low external resource inputs, indigenous and farmer knowledge, and is increasingly associated with political calls for a more just food system. Recently, demand has grown for the potentially groundbreaking...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 21, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Comment on “Does direct farm marketing fulfill its promises? analyzing job satisfaction among direct‑market farmers in Canada”
AbstractThis paper discusses some aspects of the article by Azima and Mundler (2022). It is argued that the relationship between work and social satisfaction and direct selling is not necessarily linked to the existence of an opportunity cost of family labor. It is also argued that the effect of the share of direct sales over total shares is weak, while the substantial one is participation to direct selling per se, more than its share on total sales. (Source: Agriculture and Human Values)
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - April 19, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
