4 February 2008

Special issue: Continuity and change in organic farming – philosophy, policy and practice

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 7(1/2) 2008

Most of the papers were initially presented at the XXth Congress of the European Society of Rural Sociology, held in Keszthely (Hungary) in August 2005
  • What makes organic agriculture move: protest, meaning or market? A polyocular approach to the dynamics and governance of organic agriculture
  • Goals and standards in Swedish organic farming: trading off between desirables
  • Organic policy in Austria: greening and greenwashing
  • Policy instruments in support of organic farming in Austria
  • Values of organic producers converting at different times: results of a focus group study in five European countries
  • Factors influencing the conversion to organic farming in Norway
  • Patterns of resource use on Danish organic farms: aspects of farm-based rural development
  • The organic food market in Portugal: contested meanings, competing conventions
  • Looking for alternatives: the construction of the organic beef chain in Mugello, Tuscany
  • How embedded are organic fresh fruit and vegetables at Irish farmers' markets and what does the answer say about the organic movement? An exploration, using three models
  • Ecocertification, differentiation in retailing and upstream market power
  • Bottling water, greening farmers: the socio-technical and managerial construction of a 'dispositif' for underground water quality protection

1 comment:

Graham said...

I am a member IFOAM and joined as Certificated Organic is the only "guarantee" that a product is what it says it is Organic. In the UK "Organic" when applied to a product is a legal term. Have a look at our website where we list the relevant bodies.
http://www.organicassistant.com/organisations/certificators.php