Geo
490c
The Country & the City
Spring 2009
Department of Geography
and Meteorology
Valparaiso
University
Today's Reading:
Woods Chapter 4 Agricultural Change
Topics for Discussion: How has agriculture changed? Are they for the better or for the worse?
Reading Notes: How has "the capitalist imperative" shaped agriculture? Why is California important in agriculture? What role has state intervention played in shaping agriculture? What is the difference between productivism an post-productivism? How has the geography of agriculture shifted with the shift to industrial forms of agriculture? What was the farm crisis?
Key Terms: Capitalist agriculture, commodity chain, capital reproduction, productivism, intensification, concentration, spcialization, extensification, farm diversification, countryside stewardship, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Sources of Data:
2007 Census of Agriculture (Data available in February 2009)
Characteristics of Capitalist Agriculture
State Intervention in Agriculture
Productivism and the Farm Crisis
Post Productivism
GMOs and Organic Farming
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