Dirt in our mouths and hunger in our bellies: Metaphor, theory-making, and systems approaches to sustainable agriculture
Campbell, Mora
The metaphor of the food system,dominant in current research approaches to sustainableagriculture, mirrors the productionist paradigm, whichreduces our relationship to land and food to theproduction and consumption of commodities. Theenactment of the familiar values of nourishment andhospitality...
The Economics of Agriculture Volume 1: Selected Papers of E. Gale Johnson edited by J. M Antle and D. A. Sumner
Food and society: A sociological approach by William Whit
Mcintosh, Allex
Scientific and local classification and management of soils
Talawar, Shankarappa; Rhoades, Robert
A critical comparative analysis of howfarmers and scientists classify and manage soilsreveals fundamental differences as well assimilarities. In the past, the study of local soilknowledge has been predominantly targeted atdocumenting how farmers classified their soils incontrast to understanding...
Considering Food and Society by William Whit
Maurer, Donna; Barker, Mia; Newman, Jacqueline; Whit, William
Webb, Karen; Pelletier, David; Maretzki, Audrey; Wilkins, Jennifer
Several different evaluation issuesare perceived as important by people involved withinnovative projects intended to improve local food andnutrition systems; particularly the establishment oflocal food policy coalitions. Several such coalitionshave been formed in North America, Europe,...
Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics edited by Charles Davis
Batabyal, Amitraheet
Hubbell, Bryan; Welsh, Rick
Transgenic crops currently available foruse potentially provide environmental benefits, suchas reduction in insecticide use and substitution ofless toxic for more toxic herbicides. These benefitsare contingent on a host of factors, such as thepotential for development of resistant...
Frewer, Lynn; Howard, Chaya; Shepherd, Richard
Source credibility has been thought to bean important determinant of peoples‘ reactions toinformation about technology. There has also been muchdebate about the need to communicate effectively withthe public about genetic engineering, particularlywithin the context of food production....
Rethinking agricultural research roles
Zimdahl, Robert
An examination of the role ofUniversity weed scientists in herbicide efficacyresearch and long-term weed management studies raisesseveral important questions: who should do what kindof research and what kind of research should be done,and, because the university is a research institutionfunded by...