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Journal Article
Convivial Agriculture: Evolving Food and Farming Activism in South China
2021
Overview
The Chinese community-supported agriculture (CSA) movement is notable for advocating a revival of peasant farming and food sovereignty. For the emerging food politics in China, the main focus is the promotion of “ethical” food in the context of food scares. Currently this promotion often relies overwhelmingly on an emphasis of ethics of trust through certification of food by intermediaries. Yet, there is controversy among CSA activists, who question whether a certifying practice can improve the relationship between consumer and producer. This paper will present an emerging alternative approach within Chinese CSA circles that focuses on strengthening participatory culture within the consumer-producer nexus. To do so, I will shed new light on the experience of food and farming activism in South China since the late 1990s. The main focus is an empirical study of Chengxianghui (CXH), an organisation that operates various consumer-led action groups in Guangzhou. In order to conceptualise the approach by the activists, this paper outlines a normative framework referred to as “convivial agriculture” that is based on the Guangdong-based practice of the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS). The framework aims to recognise and negotiate responsibilities among different actors caring for the “agricultural commons.”
Publisher
Centre d'étude français sur la Chine contemporaine,French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC),CEFC
Subject
/ commons
/ Community supported agriculture
/ community-supported agriculture (CSA)
/ Ethics
/ Farmers
/ Farming
/ Farms
/ Focus
/ Food
/ Food contamination & poisoning
/ International economic integration
/ Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
/ Politics
/ Special Feature: Negotiating Agrarian Futures in China
/ Trust
