Corporate Crops

Author : Gabriela Pechlaner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780292739451

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Corporate Crops by Gabriela Pechlaner Pdf

Biotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 to 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property. Drawing on legal documents and dozens of interviews with farmers and other stakeholders, Corporate Crops covers four case studies based around litigation between biotechnology corporations and farmers. Pechlaner investigates the extent to which the proprietary aspects of biotechnologies—from patents on seeds to a plethora of new rules and contractual obligations associated with the technologies—are reorganizing crop production. The lawsuits include patent infringement litigation launched by Monsanto against a Saskatchewan canola farmer who, in turn, claimed his crops had been involuntarily contaminated by the company's GM technology; a class action application by two Saskatchewan organic canola farmers launched against Monsanto and Aventis (later Bayer) for the loss of their organic market due to contamination with GMOs; and two cases in Mississippi in which Monsanto sued farmers for saving seeds containing its patented GM technology. Pechlaner argues that well-funded corporate lawyers have a decided advantage over independent farmers in the courts and in creating new forms of power and control in agricultural production. Corporate Crops demonstrates the effects of this intersection between the courts and the fields where profits, not just a food supply, are reaped.

Author : Kenneth R. Krause
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Farm corporations
ISBN : UIUC:30112018968690

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Corporate Farming by Kenneth R. Krause Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091217300

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Good Crop by Anonim Pdf

IN RECENT YEARS Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins oftheir food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well knownis that pesticide corporations such as Monsanto and Du Pont have bought their way into the seed industry and are taking control of what was once the exclusive domain of farmers.In Good Crop / Bad Crop, Devlin Kuyek deftly examines the economic and environmental background of the modern seed trade from a Canadian perspective. Historically seeds were viewed more as public goods than as commodities, and plant breeding objectives were widely shared by scientists, governments, and farmers. Now that approach is changing; seeds have become increasingly commodified, and plant breeding has become subject to corporate priorities. Farmers and citizens in Canada, Kuyek points out, need to heed the hard-won lessons from the developing world, where farmers greatly damaged by the much-heralded approaches of theGreen Revolution are now taking steps to reclaim control over seed supplies, food security, and their futures.

Author : M. G. Deepika,S. Rajagopalan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : IND:30000124691324

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Corporate Agribusiness by M. G. Deepika,S. Rajagopalan Pdf

Corporate intervention in agriculture through contract farming is seen as an essential link between corporate business and the farmer. The role of the corporate sector has increased considerably in almost all spheres of economic activity, including the ag

Author : Emily Eaton
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 0887557449

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Growing Resistance by Emily Eaton Pdf

Growing Resistance is the remarkable story of how Canadian farmers led an international coalition to a major victory for the anti-GM movement by defeating the introduction of Monsanto's genetically modified wheat. Through interviews with producers, industry organizations, and biochemical companies, Emily Eaton demonstrates how the inclusion of producer interests was integral to the coalition's success in voicing concerns about environmental implications, international market opposition to GMOs, and the lack of transparency and democracy in Canadian biotech policy and regulation. Growing Resistance is a fascinating study of the need to balance local and global concerns in activist movements and of the powerful forces vying for control of food production.

Author : Devlin Kuyek
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926662152

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Good Crop/Bad Crop by Devlin Kuyek Pdf

In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide corporations such as Monsanto and DuPont have bought their way into the seed industry and are taking control of what was once the exclusive domain of farmers. In Good Crop/Bad Crop, Devlin Kuyek deftly examines the economic and environmental background of the modern seed trade from a Canadian perspective. Historically seeds were viewed more as public goods than as commodities, and plant breeding objectives were widely shared by scientists, governments, and farmers. Now that approach is changing; seeds have become increasingly commodified, and plant breeding has become subject to corporate priorities. Farmers and citizens in Canada, Kuyek points out, need to heed the hard-won lessons from the developing world, where farmers greatly damaged by the much-heralded approaches of the Green Revolution are now taking steps to reclaim control over seed supplies, food security, and their futures.

Author : Jane Winslow Gibson,Sara E. Alexander
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781496215895

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In Defense of Farmers by Jane Winslow Gibson,Sara E. Alexander Pdf

Industrial agriculture is generally characterized as either the salvation of a growing, hungry, global population or as socially and environmentally irresponsible. Despite elements of truth in this polarization, it fails to focus on the particular vulnerabilities and potentials of industrial agriculture. Both representations obscure individual farmers, their families, their communities, and the risks they face from unpredictable local, national, and global conditions: fluctuating and often volatile production costs and crop prices; extreme weather exacerbated by climate change; complicated and changing farm policies; new production technologies and practices; water availability; inflation and debt; and rural community decline. Yet the future of industrial agriculture depends fundamentally on farmers' decisions. In Defense of Farmers illuminates anew the critical role that farmers play in the future of agriculture and examines the social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities of industrial agriculture, as well as its adaptations and evolution. Contextualizing the conversations about agriculture and rural societies within the disciplines of sociology, geography, economics, and anthropology, this volume addresses specific challenges farmers face in four countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, and the United States. By concentrating on countries with the most sophisticated production technologies capable of producing the largest quantities of grains, soybeans, and animal proteins in the world, this volume focuses attention on the farmers whose labors, decision-making, and risk-taking throw into relief the implications and limitations of our global industrial food system. The case studies here acknowledge the agency of farmers and offer ways forward in the direction of sustainable agriculture.

Author : Richard Wiswall
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603581424

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The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook by Richard Wiswall Pdf

Contrary to popular belief, a good living can be made on an organic farm. What's required is farming smarter, not harder. Wiswall shares advice on how to make vegetable production more efficient, better manage employees and finances, and turn a profit.

Author : Pam Dawling
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781550925128

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Sustainable Market Farming by Pam Dawling Pdf

Growing for 100 - the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower. Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres. Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.

Author : Abram Piatt Andrew
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1347842551

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The Influence of the Crops Upon Business in America by Abram Piatt Andrew Pdf

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Author : Kees Jansen,Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848136083

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Agribusiness and Society by Kees Jansen,Sietze Vellema Pdf

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness. In particular, in what ways are they changing their R & D and business practices in order to develop new environmentally oriented products, services and methods of production? And what can they change of their own volition, and where is external direction a necessary condition of environmentally friendly innovation? These questions are explored through investigations of particular biotech and agribusiness companies -- including Monsanto, Ciba Geigy, Dole, and Chiquita -- and their behavior in situations as diverse as California, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Central America. The volume explores how some have responded to environmental pressures by exploiting new consumer-created markets; some changed their production practices in a sustainable way; while others have complied with (or resisted) state environmental regulation, notably labelling systems and certification. Each study explores how institutional, cultural, economic, political and technological contexts shape the strategies of big business. Topics include 'green bananas', genetically modified tomatoes and soy, the new markets in organic produce, health and pesticides, and access to justice. The book explains why some corporations are successful in introducing environmentally friendly innovations, and others are not. The key to understanding contrasting outcomes is examining the interaction between internal corporate environments where profit and efficiency considerations predominate, and external environments where consumer preferences, NGO pressures and government regulation are important. The book also explores possible new roles for the public sector. The result is a sophisticated and critical analysis of business practices and regulatory systems in the agro-food sector.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Coffee industry
ISBN : UOM:39015049796041

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Utilization of Farm Crops by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Coffee industry
ISBN : MINN:31951001773663N

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Utilization of Farm Crops: Price spreads by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Pdf

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Doris A. Fuchs
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262012751

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Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance by Jennifer Clapp,Doris A. Fuchs Pdf

food aid policy to governance in the seed industry and international food safety standards.

Author : Fred Magdoff,John Bellamy Foster,Frederick H. Buttel
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781583670163

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Hungry for Profit by Fred Magdoff,John Bellamy Foster,Frederick H. Buttel Pdf

Millions go hungry every year in both poor and rich nations, yet hundreds of thousands of peasants and farmers continue to be pushed off the land. Applied in increasing volumes, chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers deplete the soil, pollute our food and water, and leave crops more vulnerable to pest outbreaks. The new and expanding use of genetically engineered seeds threatens species diversity. This penetrating set of essays explains why corporate agribusiness is a rising threat to farmers, the environment, and consumers. Ranging in subject from the politics of hunger to the new agricultural biotechnologies, and in time and place from early modern Europe to contemporary Cuba, the contributions to Hungry for Profit examine the changes underway in world agriculture today and point the way toward organic, sustainable solutions to problems of food supply.