Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast
Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California’s Central Coast
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加州中央海岸的有机农民在采用多样化实践方面面临持续的障碍
DOI：
10.1080/21683565.2022.2104420
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Kremen, Claire
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作者：
Carlisle, Liz;Esquivel, Kenzo;Baur, Patrick;Ichikawa, Nina F.;Olimpi, Elissa M.;Ory, Joanna;Waterhouse, Hannah;Iles, Alastair;Karp, Daniel S.;Kremen, Claire
面对与工业化农业相关的无数环境挑战，一些农民和研究人员将多样化农业系统视为一种有前途的替代方案。尽管有充分的生态效益，多样化的做法仍然很少在美国的许多地区，甚至在有机农民。我们的研究重点是加州中部海岸地区的有机农民，该地区在过去几十年中对有机农业的兴起起到了至关重要的作用。通过与种植生菜的农民进行的20次访谈和与技术援助提供者进行的8次访谈，我们调查了该地区种植者在采用多样化做法时面临的持续障碍，包括覆盖种植，堆肥应用，作物轮作，昆虫带和树篱。我们发现，高昂的土地租金，短期租赁的优势，严格的食品安全标准，以及其他供应链的压力，大大阻碍了多元化的做法。为了克服这些障碍并提高采用率，必须在三个相互关联的层面寻求解决方案：农场层面的创新以及技术和结构层面的政策变革。必须探索这三个层面的本地知情、综合和创新政策，以支持建立一个更具弹性、可持续和公平的粮食系统。
In the face of myriad environmental challenges associated with industrial agriculture, some farmers and researchers have looked to diversified farming systems as a promising alternative. Despite well-documented ecological benefits, diversification practices remain rare in many regions of the U.S, even amongst organic farmers. Our study focuses on organic farmers in the Central Coast region of California, an area that has played a crucial role in the rise of organic agriculture over the last several decades. Through 20 interviews with farmers who all grow lettuce and 8 interviews with technical assistance providers, we investigate the persistent barriers that growers in this region face in adopting diversification practices including cover cropping, compost application, crop rotation, insectary strips, and hedgerows. We find that high land rents, the predominance of short-term leases, stringent food safety standards, and other supply chain pressures significantly hamper the adoption of diversification practices. In order to surmount these barriers and increase adoption, solutions must be pursued at three interconnected levels: innovation at the farm level, and policy change at the technical and structural levels. Locally-informed, integrated, and innovative policies across these three levels must be explored to support the creation of a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable food system.
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