Food, Farms, and Solidarity French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops

Name: Food, Farms, and Solidarity French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops
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ISBN: 9780822351276

ISBN-10: 0822351277

ISBN-13: 9780822351276

Edition: 2013

Authors: Chaia Heller

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The Confédération Paysanne, one of France’s largest farmer’s unions, has successfully fought against genetically modified organisms (GMOs); but unlike other allied movements, theirs has been led by producers rather than consumers. InFood Solidarity, Chaia Heller analyzes the group’s complex strategies and campaigns, including a call for a Europe-wide ban on GM crops and hormone-treated beef, and a protest staged at a McDonald's. Her study of the Confédération Paysanne shows the challenges small farms face in a post-industrial agricultural world. Heller also reveals how the language the union uses to argue against GMOs goes beyond the risks they pose; emphasizing solidarity has allowed…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/28/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034