From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms
Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformati...
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| description | Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine.
From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts, and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned and ultimately imperilled agriculture in the area.
This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-745392025-08-13T14:11:49Z From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms Classens, Michael POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography;HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts, and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned and ultimately imperilled agriculture in the area. This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system. 2021-12-02T04:02:21Z 2021-12-02T04:02:21Z 2021-12-01T10:42:54Z 2021 book OCN: 1260688845 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51602 9780774865463 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74539 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51602/1/9780774865470.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51602/1/9780774865470.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51602/1/9780774865470.pdf UBC Press 10.14288/1.0398733 10.14288/1.0398733 09ab57e7-3aa9-4c55-bf7f-a3d45ca43727 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 9780774865463 Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) 233 Vancouver open access |
| spellingShingle | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography;HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas Classens, Michael From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms |
| title | From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms |
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