For class this week we had to read Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of Slow Food Movement and lift out three different quotes that we felt were important to the article. Then we were to connect this quote to our Collaborative Research Project. The quotes that follow are the ones that I found most important and that related to the research project that we are conducting.
Quote One:
One of the most urgent challenges came from the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that were increasingly being used in industrial agriculture. Since the early 1980s, genetically modified crops had gradually increased their market share, often at the expense of local species (Slow Food Revolution 97). Of concern to environmentalists and Slow Food was the lack of any long-term studies into the effects these genetically modified crops would have on the environment (97). The patenting of GMOs by large agribusiness firms likewise threatened the livelihood of farmers, who would then be compelled to buy seeds and crops at high prives from a small number of suppliers (Pollan 31).
How it relates:
Within our project we are going to interview farmers from within the area. These people have been involved in the farming industry for a lot of years. I think that as a group we could take this quote and make it into an interview question about whether the farmers use GMOs when planting and raising their crop.
Quote Two:
Slow Food typically describe this regional and cultural specificity using the concept of territory, which refers not only to specific geographic locations but also to “the combination of natural factors (soil, water, slop, height above sea level, vegetation, microclimate) and human ones (tradition and practice of cultivation) that gives a unique character to each small agricultural locality and the food grown, raised, made, and cooked there” (Petrini, Slow Food: The Case 8).
How it relates:
This quote could also be twisted into an interview question. We could ask what crops yield a good amount of crop per acre within our geographic location. What factors make these good growing crops? What makes for a poor harvest season? etc.
Quote Three:
Slow Food thus sees itself exploring new means of intervening in the food industry and organizing in defense of good, clean, and fair food.
How it relates:
This quote ties the article together. Within our project we could see how the farmers view the Slow Food Movement. We could ask their opinions of how crops and animals could be grown more environmentally friendly.
Quote One:
One of the most urgent challenges came from the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that were increasingly being used in industrial agriculture. Since the early 1980s, genetically modified crops had gradually increased their market share, often at the expense of local species (Slow Food Revolution 97). Of concern to environmentalists and Slow Food was the lack of any long-term studies into the effects these genetically modified crops would have on the environment (97). The patenting of GMOs by large agribusiness firms likewise threatened the livelihood of farmers, who would then be compelled to buy seeds and crops at high prives from a small number of suppliers (Pollan 31).
How it relates:
Within our project we are going to interview farmers from within the area. These people have been involved in the farming industry for a lot of years. I think that as a group we could take this quote and make it into an interview question about whether the farmers use GMOs when planting and raising their crop.
Quote Two:
Slow Food typically describe this regional and cultural specificity using the concept of territory, which refers not only to specific geographic locations but also to “the combination of natural factors (soil, water, slop, height above sea level, vegetation, microclimate) and human ones (tradition and practice of cultivation) that gives a unique character to each small agricultural locality and the food grown, raised, made, and cooked there” (Petrini, Slow Food: The Case 8).
How it relates:
This quote could also be twisted into an interview question. We could ask what crops yield a good amount of crop per acre within our geographic location. What factors make these good growing crops? What makes for a poor harvest season? etc.
Quote Three:
Slow Food thus sees itself exploring new means of intervening in the food industry and organizing in defense of good, clean, and fair food.
How it relates:
This quote ties the article together. Within our project we could see how the farmers view the Slow Food Movement. We could ask their opinions of how crops and animals could be grown more environmentally friendly.
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