"Growing It My Way": A Qualitative Analysis of Rural Organic Growers.

详细信息   

• 作者：Sizemore ; David Adam.
• 学历：M.A.
• 年：2014
• 毕业院校：Morehead State University
• Department：Caudill College of Arts,Humanities and Social Sciences
• ISBN：9781303915314
• CBH：1556353
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：2578079
• Pages：96

文摘

This research focuses on the domination of the massive food industry that our society is faced with. In order to fully discuss this domination,I discuss the history of food production first to show how society has changed in food production. From thecreation of industrial agriculture,I then discuss the domination of using GMOs and pesticides in our food and the health and environmental risks that result. Organic foodproduction is discussed as a way to shift the attention back to prior industrial agricultureby discussing the non-existence of pesticides and GMOs. Organic production is also used as a tool to fight against industrial agriculture. The theoretical framework that I have decided to use for my research is a critical approach. In this critical approach I analysis the work and motivations of organic growers under dependency theory. My methodology consists of semi-structured interviews that capture the meanings behind organic growers. In my analysis,I have found that there is both a macro and micro level of analysis to understand these motivations. The macro level is that growers grow organically as a way to resist the corporate dependency and model of food production. The two sub-themes were resistance of pesticides and resistance of GMOs. At the micro level,I found that organic growers wanted to be "good stewards of the land". The three sub-themes that emerged from this micro theme were they wanted to use nature as their tool,they wanted to practice proper soil diversity,and they wanted to value their work.