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Organic and conventional agriculture: Materializing discourse and agro-ecological managerialism

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This introduction situates key themesfound in papers given at a recent workshop on thechanging material practices, meanings, and regulationof US organic food production. The context is theemergence of an international bio-politics ofagriculture and food and, more particularly in the US,the contradictions of sustainable agriculturemovements catalyzed by the rapid scaling up of organicagriculture from a niche activity to nascentindustry. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

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  • David Goodman, 2000. "Organic and conventional agriculture: Materializing discourse and agro-ecological managerialism," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 17(3), pages 215-219, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:17:y:2000:i:3:p:215-219
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1007650924982
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