From Agribusiness to Agroecology
Here’s my talk from the Historical Materialism conference last month, as part of the panel on “Utopia, degrowth, and ecosocialism”. I take us from agribusiness to agroecology in 18:10.
If only it were that easy. But I think it’s a good summary of our present global trap and a few steps toward an exit out. Big picture, it won’t be just a matter of good ideas in alternate food systems as many a well-intentioned academic presents.
With appearances by the Chicago Bulls, Berta Cáceres, Cargill, Amílcar Cabral, and–yes, there is such a thing–the Kansas Military Agribusiness Development Team.
December 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm
Neatly done….
January 29, 2020 at 6:12 am
Hi MR WALLACE !
First a serious JOKE : ” Bats ? Really ? See all coronaviruses it carries ? ”
That said, your video is nice but you should admit Marxist industrial cult was the culprit as much : how easy it was to switch from Marxist to Capitalist industrial model in CHINA… watch the consequences now…
So it would be fair to accuse Industry as a whole and ANY political philosophy associated to it, included Marxism.
And just remind the old neolithic age ( nearly unchanged till green revolution) never destroyed itself on such a pace.
January 29, 2020 at 6:27 pm
I’ve written extensively on the epizoological effects of China’s historical trajectory up through the latest in economic liberalization, including on this site: https://farmingpathogens.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/influenzas-historical-present/
I also ended my latest piece on coronavirus: “Let’s realize a creaturely communism far from the Soviet model.” https://mronline.org/2020/01/29/notes-on-a-novel-coronavirus/
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March 24, 2020 at 5:19 pm
Just brilliant