Adam M. Romero, Economic poisoning. Industrial waste and the Chemicalization of American agriculture

Herment, Laurent

doi:10.4000/etudesrurales.30589

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“…Herbicide resistant weeds have thus been a windfall for agro‐chemical companies. The aggressive strategy of “shooting weeds in the head” is a stark example of the “chemical treadmill” (Philpott 2009) in motion, where weed and pest resistance leads to more intensive application of chemicals and the formulation of new chemicals, resulting in greater profits for agro‐chemical companies (Romero 2021). Farmers, on the other hand, shoulder both the effects of herbicide resistance—higher expenditures and lost profits, exposure to a probable carcinogen—as well as the blame.…”

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A critical physical geography of no‐till agriculture: Linking degraded environmental quality to conservation policies in an Oregon watershed

Malone

McClintock

2022

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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A variety of agricultural conservation trends have gained and lost favour throughout the years, with farm bills in the United States often influencing which conservation practices are implemented. This paper explores the consequences of a set of conservation techniques loosely defined as “no‐till agriculture,” focusing on their implementation and adoption since 1985, at which point such approaches began to be explicitly encouraged under US Farm Bill soil conservation mandates. We begin by noting a core contradiction that has characterized these approaches in the Fifteenmile Watershed of Wasco County, Oregon, where despite high rates of farmer enrollment in no‐till programs, both no‐till agriculture and sustained tillage have led to the increased use of herbicides and sustained sediment runoff. Using a critical physical geography framework that integrates intensive physical field data collection, spatial analysis, social surveys, and interviews, we address the biophysical and social factors collectively driving changes in herbicide use and variable erosion estimates. We draw particular attention to how farm bill support for no‐till has enrolled farmers in a vaguely defined and underregulated conservation practice that may ultimately undermine environmental quality.

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