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Agrarian dreams : the paradox of organic farming in California / / Julie Guthman



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Autore: Guthman Julie Visualizza persona
Titolo: Agrarian dreams : the paradox of organic farming in California / / Julie Guthman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: Second edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina: 635/.048409794
Soggetto topico: Organic farming - California
Soggetto non controllato: agriculture
american agriculture
anthropology
big organic
business and industry
california
californian agriculture
career
economics
environmental problems
environmental studies
farmers and farming
farming
federal government
federal organic program
food studies
food
geography
golden state
health problems
history
organic agriculture
organic certification
organic farming
organic food
organic label
politics
small organic
small scale organic farming
sociology
transforming agriculture
Classificazione: ZA 55383
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Agrarian Dreams -- 2. Finding the Way: Roads to Organic Production -- 3. Organic Farming: Ideal Practices and Practical Ideals -- 4. California Dreaming: California's Agro-Industrial Legacy -- 5. Organic Sediment: A Geography of Organic Production -- 6. Conventionalizing Organic: From Social Movement to Industry via Regulation -- 7. Organic Regulation Ramified -- 8. California Organics, Fifteen Years On -- 9. The Agrarian Answer? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In this groundbreaking study of organic farming, Julie Guthman challenges accepted wisdom about organic food and agriculture in the Golden State. Many continue to believe that small-scale organic farming is the answer to our environmental and health problems, but Guthman refutes popular portrayals that pit "small organic" against "big organic" and offers an alternative analysis that underscores the limits of an organic label as a pathway to transforming agriculture. This second edition includes a thorough investigation of the federal organic program, a discussion of how the certification arena has continued to grow and change since its implementation, and an up-to-date guide to the structure of the organic farming sector. Agrarian Dreams delivers an indispensable examination of organic farming in California and will appeal to readers in a variety of areas, including food studies, agriculture, environmental studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, and history.
Titolo autorizzato: Agrarian dreams  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95913-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791020303321
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Serie: California studies in critical human geography ; ; 11.