Abstract
This article reflects on previous research about farming and eating practices of organic and biodynamic farmers in The Netherlands. With the commitment to continue this work, this paper explores connections between eating, food, and COVID-19. The pandemic, which works as a magnifying glass when revisiting farming and eating practices, allows for a critical reflection while asking new questions to the previously gathered data. A parallel is drawn between monocultures of agro-industrial food production and mono-cultures of the mind, specifically in conventional approaches to social scientific research. In doing so, suggestions are shared for how we can contribute to agrarian transformations that move away from monocultures of farming and singular ways of understanding our existence, towards more socially and ecologically just ways of producing and eating food, as well of researching and thinking about them.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 266-277 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Globalizations |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 14 Dec 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the International Institute of Social Studies [grant number 18202010.036]. This article and the research behind it would not have been possible without the farmers who welcomed her into their lives, letting her spend time at their farms while sharing their stories with her. The author would like to thank the special issue editors Rosalba Icaza Garza and Zuleika Sheik and the anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments on earlier versions of this chapter. Thank you to her family who taught her about growing food, eating together and sharing with those around her. Finally, the author wants to thank her partner, Lillian, who supported her, thought with her and who shares many marvellous meals with her.
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