CONVENTIONALIZATION, BIFURCATION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE: CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS IN TEXAS *
CONVENTIONALIZATION, BIFURCATION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE: CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS IN TEXAS *
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常规化、分歧和生活质量：德克萨斯州经过认证和未经认证的有机农民*
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2008
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Holly Lyke
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Douglas H. Constance;J. Choi;Holly Lyke
有机农业作为一种改善环境质量和支持农村社区发展的生产系统得到了推广。有机化学的最新发展对这两种说法都提出了质疑。研究人员认为，国家级有机标准的出现有助于有机物的常规化和分歧。常规化是指有机农业越来越具有主流工业化农业特征的过程。分叉是指有机农业采用以生活方式为导向的小型生产者和大型工业规模生产者的双重结构的过程。本研究通过比较德克萨斯州认证的有机和非认证的有机生产商，探讨了常规化和分歧的论点。我们的结论是，在得克萨斯州的有机物的情况下，提供了混合的支持约定化的论点。
Organic agriculture has been advanced as a production system that improves environmental quality and supports rural community development. Recent developments in or ganics h ave called into question both assertions. Researchers have argued that the advent of national-level organic standards has contributed to the conventionalization and bifurcation of organics. Conventionalization refers to the process by which organic agriculture increasingly takes on the characteristics of mainstream industrial agriculture. Bifurcation refers to the process by which the organic agriculture adopts a dual-structure of smaller, lifestyle-oriented producers and larger, industrial-scale producers. This research examines the conventionalization and bifurcation theses through a comparison of certified organic and non-certified organic producers in Texas. We conclude that the case of organics in Texas provides mixed support for the conventionalization thesis.