Dissertation Research: A "New" Environmentalism or Agribusiness as Usual: A Case Study of California's Organic Produce Sector

加州大学伯克利分校的朱莉·古斯曼博士论文研究将考察加州有机农产品行业的起源、发展和特征，以展示特定的有机概念是如何在政治上构成的，以及这一定义如何影响该行业的结构和地理位置。这项研究建立在论文前期研究的基础上，涉及对该部门规模和结构的历史和当代调查数据的收集、汇编和分析。将通过深入、半结构化的访谈和实地考察，收集有关生产组织的定性数据。通过在生产者的农艺实践和治理与该部门受到监管的方式之间建立明确的联系，这项工作将增进我们对公共政策和第三方认证如何塑造新兴的可持续农业领域的理解。

Julie Guthman University of California, Berkeley The doctoral dissertation research will examine the genesis, development and character of the California organic produce sector to demonstrate how a particular notion of `organic` has been constituted politically, and how this definition influences the structure and geography of the sector. The study builds on pre-dissertation research and involves the collection, compilation and analysis of both historical and contemporary survey data on the scale and structure of the sector. Qualitative data on the organization of production will be gathered through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and observations on site visits. In making explicit connections between producers' agronomic practices and governance and the way the sector is regulated, the work will advance our understanding of how public policy and third party certification shapes the burgeoning field of sustainable agriculture.