The trouble with 'organic lite' in California: A rejoinder to the 'conventionalisation' debate
The trouble with 'organic lite' in California: A rejoinder to the 'conventionalisation' debate
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9523.2004.00277.x
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Guthman, J
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作者：
Guthman, J
基于对加州有机农业的全面研究，本文回应了1997年Buck等人在该杂志上发表文章后出现的关于有机农业的传统化辩论。首先，它解决了加州在国际有机部门的地位，证明其作为一个案例研究的重要性。作为一个实证点，它记录了农业综合企业参与加州有机部门的形式和程度，并提供了具体的地方解释，它如何与以前存在的有机部门。它还考虑了农业综合企业如何影响有机生产，在规则制定，部门间动态和农艺实践。他们的论点是，农业综合企业的参与不仅仅是创造了一条可持续发展的软路径-或“有机”;农业工业化进程所设定的条件，甚至破坏了最坚定的生产者实行真正替代形式的有机农业的能力。然而，这一轨迹并非不可避免，它在很大程度上取决于国家对有机农业的支持。
Based on a comprehensive study of the California organic sector, this article responds to the conventionalization debate on organic farming that surfaced after the publication of Buck et al. in 1997 in this journal. First, it addresses the place of California within the international organic sector, justifying its importance as a case study. As an empirical point, it documents the form and extent of agribusiness involvement in California's organic sector and provides place-specific explanations as to how it articulated with the previously existing organic sector. It also considers how agribusiness has influenced organic production, in rule-setting, inter-sectoral dynamics, and agronomic practices. The argument is that agribusiness involvement does more than create a soft path of sustainability - or 'organic lite'; the conditions set by processes of agro-industrialization undermine the ability of even the most committed producers to practice a truly alternative form of organic farming. This trajectory is not inevitable, however, and largely turns on the sort of state support given to organic farming.