Heller, Chaia

Food, Farms, ; Solidarity

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ISBN 13:
9780822351276
author:
Heller, Chaia
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Duke University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2013
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
23.37 x 15.49 x 2.29 centimetres
Genre:
Business, Industries, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£28.54

Description

Chaia Heller examines the complex strategies and campaigns of the Confédération Paysanne, one of France's largest farmers' unions. In "Food, Farms, and Solidarity", she analyzes how this group has successfully fought against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and hormone-treated beef, using a call for a Europe-wide ban on GM crops as part of its protest. Heller reveals the challenges small farms face in a postindustrial agricultural world and shows how the language used by the union to argue against GMOs encompasses more than just risks. By emphasizing solidarity, farmers have been able to focus on food as a cultural practice and align themselves with other workers. This examination also demonstrates the Confédération Paysanne's commitment to alter-globalization, a vision of substantive alternatives to neoliberal globalization. The book explores how ecological and social justice can be restored in the world through the union's efforts, highlighting the importance of solidarity in challenging industrial agriculture and genetically modified crops.

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