From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh by Classens, Michael

From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774865463)

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From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh by Classens, Michael

From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh

$32.95
From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh by Classens, Michael

From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Food, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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A revealing look at how farmland has been shaped, and ultimately imperiled, by liberal notions of progress and nature.

The Holland Marsh, a small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto, boasts some of the richest farmland in Canada. In From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms, Michael Classens argues that the reclaimed wetland, often celebrated as an exemplar of modern food sustainability efforts, actually reveals how capitalist ideas about the natural world imperil agriculture. Supported by original interviews and archival research, this study teases out the inherent contradictions of contemporary farmland conservation paradigms and highlights the key obstacles facing a more socially and ecologically just food system.


Author: Michael Classens
ISBN-10: 0774865466
ISBN-13: 9780774865463
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2021
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2022
By Michael Classens
By Michael Classens
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Michael Classens is an assistant professor in the Trent School of the Environment at Trent University. His work has appeared in Local Environment, the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, the Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Agriculture and Human Values, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and Society and Natural Resources.

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