Dirt in our mouths and hunger in our bellies: Metaphor, theory-making, and systems approaches to sustainable agriculture |
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Authors: | Mora Campbell |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The metaphor of the food system,dominant in current research approaches to sustainableagriculture, mirrors the productionist paradigm, whichreduces our relationship to land and food to theproduction and consumption of commodities. Theenactment of the familiar values of nourishment andhospitality is what the goal of sustainableagriculture would amount to in terms of our day to daylived experience. The metaphor of an ![rsquo](/content/K265106763323770/xxlarge8217.gif) earthen bowl![lsquo](/content/K265106763323770/xxlarge8216.gif) asa theory of food and agriculture can ![rsquo](/content/K265106763323770/xxlarge8217.gif) embody![lsquo](/content/K265106763323770/xxlarge8216.gif) thesevalues such that broader change might be achievedthrough embracing the idea and practice of theories asnourishing and theorizing as hospitable. |
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Keywords: | Agricultural ethics Food systems Sustainable agriculture |
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