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Are conventional farmers conventional? Analysis of the environmental orientations of conventional New Zealand farmers
Within the political economy of agriculture and agrofood literatures there are examples of approaches that reject simple dichotomies between alternatives and the mainstream. In line with such approaches, we challenge the ...
The social practice of sustainable agriculture under audit discipline: Initial insights from the ARGOS project in New Zealand
One of the most interesting recent developments in global agri-food systems has been the rapid emergence and elaboration of market audit systems claiming environmental qualities or sustainability. In New Zealand, as a ...
The impact of neoliberalism on New Zealand farmers: changing what it means to be a 'good farmer'
A recent part of the transdisciplinary study of New Zealand farming carried out by social scientists from the Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS) was a retrospective interview of all ARGOS sheep/beef, dairy ...