Organic Food and Farming in China: Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives

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Steffanie Scott (University of Waterloo, Canada) Zhenzhong Si (Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada)

Organic Food and Farming in China

Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives

Steffanie Scott (University of Waterloo, Canada), Zhenzhong Si (Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada), Theresa Schumilas (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) , Aijuan Chen (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada)

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Routledge
19 September 2018

Development studies; Applied ecology; Agricultural science; Organic farming

Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

"Despite reports of food safety and quality scandals, China has a rapidly expanding organic agriculture and food sector, and there is a revolution in ecological food and ethical eating in China’s cities. This book shows how a set of social, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions have converged to shape the development of a ""formal"" organic sector, created by ""top-down"" state-developed standards and regulations, and an ""informal"" organic sector, created by ‘bottom-up’ grassroots struggles for safe, healthy, and sustainable food. This is generating a new civil movement focused on ecological agriculture and quality food.

Organic movements and markets have typically emerged in industrialized food systems that are characterized by private land ownership, declining small farm sectors, consolidated farm to retail chains, predominance of supermarket retail, standards and laws to safeguard food safety, and an active civil society sector. The authors contrast this with the Chinese context, with its unique version of ""capitalism with social characteristics,"" collective farmland ownership, and predominance of smallholder agriculture and emerging diverse marketing channels. China’s experience also reflects a commitment to domestic food security, evolving food safety legislation, and a civil society with limited autonomy from a semi-authoritarian state that keeps shifting the terrain of what is permitted. The book will be of great interest to advanced students and researchers of agricultural and food systems and policy, as well as rural sociology and Chinese studies."

By: Steffanie Scott (University of Waterloo Canada), Zhenzhong Si (Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada), Theresa Schumilas (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada), Aijuan Chen (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138573000
ISBN 10: 1138573000
Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 19 September 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"1. Introduction 2. Transformations in China’s Food System 3. Top-down Initiatives: State Support for Ecological and Organic Agriculture in China 4. The Farmers’ Cooperative Model in China’s Ecological Agriculture Sector 5. Bottom-up initiatives: The Emergence of ‘Alternative’ Food Networks 6. Economic, Ecological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Alternative Food Networks 7. Farmers' Markets as Contested Spaces: Case Study of the Beijing Organic Farmers’ Market 8. Promising Community Organizing in China’s AFNs 9. Rural Development Initiatives amid Food Safety Crisis: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities in the ""New Rural Reconstruction Movement"" in China 10. Conclusion"

Steffanie Scott is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada. Zhenzhong Si is a postdoctoral fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada. Theresa Schumilas is a postdoctoral fellow and research associate, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. Aijuan Chen is a policy analyst at Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada.