Regenerative food systems and the conservation of change

Loring, Philip A.

doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10282-2

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“…With regard to environmental criticalities, we refer, in particular, to: the greenhouse gas emissions (Crippa, Solazzo and Guizzardi, 2021); the loss of biodiversity (Sukhdev, May and Müller, 2016); the destruction of eco-systems (Bongaarts, 2019); the land use change (Vieri, 2012;Ramankutty, et al, 2018) and the soil degradation (Shukla, et al, 2019); the depletion of commercial fish stocks (Troell, et al, 2014;Loring, 2021); the consumption of water (Islam, et al, 2021); the different forms of environmental pollution (FAO, 2017;Chaudhary, Gustafson and Mathys, 2018) and the related effect on human and animal health ranging from the nitrogen leaching (Lassaletta, et al, 2016), the presence of chemical residues in soil (FAO-UNEP, 2021) and food (FAO, 2021a) up to the contamination of animal products due to the phenomena of antimicrobial resistance (Naghavi, 2022;EMA, 2020).…”

Section: Review Of the Scientific Literaturementioning

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Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

Vieri¹,

Calabrò²

2022

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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The global food system represents the set of the most important activities aimed at both the continuation of human life on Earth and the safeguard of natural resources. There is no doubt, in fact, that human beings cannot live without food and, at the same time, for their food supply they are dependent on global food system. In addition, agricultural activities involve 37% of all the emerged land and they require the use of natural resources (soil, water) and living organisms (cultivated plants and raised animals) to be done. It follows that, for the sustainability, no human activity is more relevant than those aimed at food production. At present, all the agro-industrial activities covered by the food global system, are experiencing serious efficiency problems, which effects are evident in environmental, social and economic criticalities, whose costs tend to be higher than the total value of the production. The future of mankind appears to be more and more tied not so much to a further increase in the agricultural productivity, but rather to the possibility to redirect the agro-industrial activities towards a more efficient behaviour able to achieve the best possible compromise between the different human needs and the necessity to preserve natural resources useful for their development. The purpose of this paper is to analyse if the current productive systems are able to achieve their economic objective while taking into account the human needs and the characteristics of the nature, that is if their development can be achieved through a cost benefit ratio acceptable as regards the objective of sustainability. To do this, a comparative analysis of studies about the sustainability of global food system was conducted. The analysis highlighted the unsustainability of the current global food system and the need to re-orientate in a more efficient way agro-industrial business so that the top quality of product and process sustainability and efficiency can be ensured. This study might serve as a starting point for further research on the subject.

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Section: Review Of the Scientific Literaturementioning

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Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

Vieri¹,

Calabrò²

2022

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“…A response in light of climate change and environmental degradation to do something different to address the challenges created by current dominant agricultural paradigms (Burns 2021). As of now, there is no unanimous agreed-upon definition of what regenerative agriculture is (See Loring 2021;Newton et al 2020;Schreefel et al 2020). Specific techniques and what constitutes regenerative agriculture remain quite vague (Newton et al 2020).…”

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“…Many actors currently involved in the regenerative movement are questioning how the political economy of modern agriculture and technologies, corporate power, and state regulations have pushed agriculture in a productivist agro-industrial direction (See Olsson 2021). The regenerative movement shows a prevalence as an alternative discourse and technological imaginary for what agriculture should become (Loring 2021). At the same time, regenerative agriculture has captured the interest of mainstream actors in agri-food industries, the very actors who alternative food systems proponents tend to oppose.…”

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“…These globally joint efforts are perhaps most clearly seen in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030 where pathways for the development of social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability have been laid out (Duncan et al 2021). Regenerative agriculture can be understood as an evolving and diverse regenerative discursive alternative to industrial-productivist agriculture (Loring 2021). As a movement, it is making claims of being a more sustainable option to the dominant industrial-productivist agriculture.…”

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“…Loring 2021). Opening a space for a grassroots movement, such as regenerative is understood by many of its practitioners, to challenge what is perceived as dominant paradigms (Burns 2021;Loring 2021;Gosnell 2019). The empirical data shows a discontent amongst the farmers with how things are being done.…”

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Agriculture is both heavily impacted by climate change and responsible for greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Transitioning towards more sustainable agricultural practices is therefore imperative and requires new ways of thinking about agricultural knowledge and technologies. One rapidly emerging contender for how to transition to more sustainable agriculture is regenerative agriculture.Regenerative agriculture is far from a new idea. It involves ancient and diverse practices such as minimizing tilling soil in favor of cover crops and mimicking how wild animals graze. Over the past five years, it has seen a renaissance with a growing number of different actors showing interest in its potential for sequestering carbon and maintaining soil health. Despite this surge of interest, few studies have examined the underlying motives and ideals of farmers engaging in regenerative agriculture. This study aims to fill this gap and explore how Swedish regenerative farmers view the involvement of external actors, such as corporations, in regenerative agriculture.As attention to regenerative agriculture has grown, so have its political dimensions. Diverse ways of framing regenerative agriculture currently compete. Some view it as a farmer-led movement that can correct the weaknesses of industrial agriculture. Others see it as a chance for corporations and institutions to gain further control over rural environments. In other words, regenerative agriculture has become a contested concept. At stake is its claimed potential to support not only environmental sustainability but also equitable rural development.This study takes a political ecology perspective to consider how knowledge about regenerative agriculture is disseminated and legitimated, asking how this is reflective of power relations. Specifically, it asks who has the power to determine the future of regenerative agriculture. Empirical findings from interviews with farmers and analysis of discussions in internet forums show that too many farmers who adopted regenerative agriculture it is not only a farming system but entwined with ideological and social aspects. Farmer's enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture is matched by suspicious and cautious views on state and corporate intervention.The findings highlight the rather understudied farmer's point of view of regenerative agriculture. Farmer perceptions are important for external actors to understand when implementing frameworks and certifications. More generally, this thesis provides an understanding of how sustainability initiatives emerge through a combination of land managers, grassroots movements, and corporate actors.

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Local food systems, citizen and public science, empowered communities, and democracy: hopes deserving to live

Lacy

2022

Agric Hum Values

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Since 1984, the AHV journal has provided a key forum for a community of interdisciplinary, international researchers, educators, and policy makers to analyze and debate core issues, values and hopes facing the nation and the world, and to recommend strategies and actions for addressing them. This agenda includes the more specific challenges and opportunities confronting agriculture, food systems, science, and communities, as well as broader contextual issues and grand challenges. This paper draws extensively on 40 years of AHV journal articles and reviews and begins with a focus on a limited number of key grand challenges (climate change and global warming; threats to democracy and the growing neo-nationalism, populism, and authoritarianism; and increasing national and international inequality). With these challenges as the underlining context, the remainder of the paper addresses core journal themes of sustainable agriculture and local food systems, citizen and public science, and empowered communities. Highlighted are numerous important journal contributions to the analyses and recommendations to address these hopes and themes. I conclude that these themes and hopes not only deserve to live but are essential for changing and redirecting an unsustainable and destructive environmental, economic, political and social agenda to a viable, livable and just democratic society.

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Regenerative food systems and the conservation of change

Cited by 18 publications

References 95 publications

Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

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