Metabolic Rifts and Restoration: Agricultural Crises and the Potential of Cuba's Organic, Socialist Approach to Food Production
We employ Karl Marx's metabolic approach—via the concepts of metabolic rift and metabolic restoration—to study the dynamic relationships of interchange associated with distinct agricultural systems. First, we offer an assessment of contemporary capitalist agriculture, including organic agricult...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2015-03-01
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| Series: | World Review of Political Economy |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.6.1.0004 |
| Summary: | We employ Karl Marx's metabolic approach—via the concepts of metabolic rift and metabolic restoration—to study the dynamic relationships of interchange associated with distinct agricultural systems. First, we offer an assessment of contemporary capitalist agriculture, including organic agriculture in the United States. We address how the organization of capitalist agriculture inherently generates ecological problems and metabolic rifts in the soil nutrient cycle. Second, we discuss the promise for a socially and ecologically just food system. We examine Cuba's model of organic agriculture, highlighting the potential for metabolic restoration. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-891X 2042-8928 |