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Agriculture - Social aspects - United States.

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Pendant soixante ans, les sociologues ont observé le déclin des paysans et annoncé parfois leur disparition. De leur côté, les démographes constatent aujourd’hui que les producteurs agricoles n’ont jamais été aussi nombreux à la surface d’une planète à dominante urbaine. Cette contradiction constitue une question majeure pour les sciences sociales des mondes ruraux. Dans cette perspective, les auteurs proposent une relecture des « classiques ». Comment s’est structuré le débat entre ceux qui annoncent la fin des paysans et ceux qui pronostiquent leur maintien dans un état transformé ou prolétarisé ? L’ouvrage revient sur les grands bouleversements qui ont affecté les campagnes françaises et le métier d’agriculteur. Il analyse la place singulière et paradoxale occupée dans la société française par les agriculteurs : minoritaires mais segmentés, dispersés mais pourtant bien repérables comme force sociale et politique. Il propose enfin d’appréhender la recomposition des paysanneries dans la globalisation autour de trois pôles : la famille, la firme et la subsistance.

Sociology, Rural --- Farmers --- Sociologie rurale --- Agriculteurs --- Peasants --- Agriculture --- Social conditions --- History --- Social aspects --- Paysannerie --- Sociologie rurale. --- Peasants - France - Social conditions --- Peasants - France - History --- Agriculture - Social aspects - France

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“One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce.” —Interview with farmer in Skagit County, Washington For much of the later twentieth century, food has been abundant and convenient for most residents of advanced industrial societies. The luxury of taking the safety and dependability of food for granted pushed it to the back burner in the consciousness of many. Increasingly, however, this once taken-for-granted food system is coming under question on issues such as the humane treatment of animals, genetically engineered foods, and social and environmental justice. Many consumers are no longer content with buying into the mainstream, commodity-driven food market on which they once depended. Resistance has emerged in diverse forms, from protests at the opening of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide to ever-greater interest in alternatives, such as CSAs (community-supported agriculture), fair trade, and organic foods. The food system is increasingly becoming an arena of struggle that reflects larger changes in societal values and norms, as expectations are moving beyond the desire for affordable, convenient foods to a need for healthy and environmentally sound alternatives. In this book, leading scholars and scholar-activists provide case studies that illuminate the complexities and contradictions that surround the emergence of a “new day” in agriculture. The essays found in The Fight Over Food analyze and evaluate both the theoretical and historical contexts of the agrifood system and the ways in which trends of individual action and collective activity have led to an “accumulation of resistance” that greatly affects the mainstream market of food production. The overarching theme that integrates the case studies is the idea of human agency and the ways in which people purposefully and creatively generate new forms of action or resistance to facilitate social changes within the structure of predominant cultural norms. Together these studies examine whether these combined efforts will have the strength to create significant and enduring transformations in the food system.

Food supply --- Agriculture --- Sociology, Rural --- Food control --- Produce trade --- Food security --- Single cell proteins --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- Food supply - Social aspects --- Agriculture - Social aspects

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Agricultural ecology --- Agricultural systems --- Agriculture --- Agricultural industries --- Ecologie agricole --- Systèmes agricoles --- Industries agricoles --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Agricultural systems. --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Systèmes agricoles --- Agriculture - History. --- Agriculture - Social aspects.

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Pesticides - Latin America. --- Pesticides - Toxicology - Latin America. --- Pesticides - Environmental aspects - Latin America. --- Cotton - Diseases and pests - Control - Latin America. --- Agricultural pests - Control - Latin America. --- Agriculture - Social aspects - Latin America. --- Pesticides - Economic aspects - Latin America. --- Produce trade - Latin America.