Organic resistance : the struggle over industrial farming in postwar France / Venus Bivar.

By:

Bivar, Venus [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781469641201
9781469641195

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

S605 .O743 2018

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Subject: "The concept of terroir (the unique quality that a particular habitat imparts to food) and practices of organic farming are essential to the image of French food and are assumed to have developed alongside a left-leaning political tradition. However, as Venus Bivar reveals, the origins of organic farming and food actually lie with the far right. This book narrates the rise of organic farming in France, showing the dark side of the concept of terroir that became an inspiration to farmers, chefs, and taste-makers worldwide. As Bivar demonstrates, many of the earliest proponents of organic agriculture had ties to the fascist politics of Vichy and the eugenics movement. Quality for these white Catholic men was about purity and the regeneration of the French race through a superior organic diet"--

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"The concept of terroir (the unique quality that a particular habitat imparts to food) and practices of organic farming are essential to the image of French food and are assumed to have developed alongside a left-leaning political tradition. However, as Venus Bivar reveals, the origins of organic farming and food actually lie with the far right. This book narrates the rise of organic farming in France, showing the dark side of the concept of terroir that became an inspiration to farmers, chefs, and taste-makers worldwide. As Bivar demonstrates, many of the earliest proponents of organic agriculture had ties to the fascist politics of Vichy and the eugenics movement. Quality for these white Catholic men was about purity and the regeneration of the French race through a superior organic diet"--

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations in the Text; Introduction. The Human Cost of Creative Destruction; Chapter One. The Industrial Ideal, 1944â#x80;#x93;1958; Chapter Two. Alternative Ideals, 1944â#x80;#x93;1958; Chapter Three. Operating at Full Tilt, 1958â#x80;#x93;1968; Chapter Four. Tilting at the Windmills of Modernization, 1958â#x80;#x93;1968; Chapter Five. Greening the Mainstream, 1968â#x80;#x93;1980; Conclusion. Slipping through the Cracks; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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