Organic Sovereignties

Struggles Over Farming in an Age of Free Trade

Guntra A. Aistara, K. Sivaramakrishnan

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English

University of Washington Press
15 February 2018

Anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography; International trade; Trade agreements; Organic farming

Series: Culture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureOrganic Sovereignties

This first sustained ethnographic study of organic agriculture outside the United States traces its meanings, practices, and politics in two nations typically considered worlds apart: Latvia and Costa Rica. Situated on the frontiers of the European Union and the United States, these geopolitically and economically in-between places illustrate ways that international treaties have created contradictory pressures for organic farmers.

Organic farmers in both countries build multispecies networks of biological and social diversity and create spaces of sovereignty within state and suprastate governance bodies. Organic associations in Central America and Eastern Europe face parallel challenges in balancing multiple identities as social movements, market sectors, and NGOs while finding their place in regions and nations reshaped by world events.

By: Guntra A. Aistara
Series edited by: K. Sivaramakrishnan
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9780295743110
ISBN 10: 0295743115
Series: Culture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureOrganic Sovereignties
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 February 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guntra A. Aistara is associate professor of environmental sciences and policy at Central European University in Budapest.

Reviews for Organic Sovereignties: Struggles Over Farming in an Age of Free Trade

This book should be required reading for students or scholars entering fieldwork in these respective countries. This book would also make an excellent case study to compliment graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in environmental anthropology and agrarian studies. * Conservation and Society *