Thường có một tinh thần ngắt kết nối giữa nông nghiệp, cộng đồng, và môi trường. Hiếm khi nào chương trình nghị sự chính trị, các nhà nghiên cứu học tập, các chương trình của chính phủ, mục tiêu của tổ chức phi lợi nhuận địa chỉ chéo giữa nông nghiệp, cộng đồng, và hệ thống xung quanh nguồn tài nguyên thiên nhiên. Thông thường, thành phần là một trong những xử lý riêng với những người khác. Những đơn vị này làm không phản ánh cách mà bản chất là tổ chức, cũng không phải là cách mà các. | 11 Bridges to Sustainability Links between Agriculture Community and Ecosystems Lorna Michael Butler and Richard Carkner CONTENTS Introduction Agroecology within a Social Dimension The Concept of Foodshed The Problem Purpose Case Studies Food Bank Farm Hadley Massachusetts Tolt Farm Carnation Washington Thompson Farms Boring Oregon Sustainability Connectors Conclusion References INTRODUCTION There is often a mental disconnect between agriculture community and the environment. Rarely do political agendas academic researchers government programs or nonprofit organizations goals address the crossover between agriculture the community and the surrounding natural resource system. Most often one component is treated separately from the others. These divisions do not reflect the way that nature is organized nor the way in which human communities adapt to changing natural environments technologies and available resources. The trend in North American agriculture toward fewer and larger farms exacerbates the disconnect. More vertically integrated agriculture means that processing and marketing firms acquire greater control of commodity production and marketing. They guarantee supply by contracting with farmers. However contracts do not guarantee any commitment to farmers communities environment or consumers. The 2001 by CRC Press LLC trend is for corporate firms to exercise centralized control of technology and production processes leaving the farmer with little flexibility in deciding how to manage his or her relationships with nonfarm neighbors or more distant customers. The farmer also is the person who takes care of the natural resources. The industrial approach to North American food production distances farms and farmers from consumers. If you eat you participate in a global food system. All of us can walk into a supermarket and find foods from throughout the world apples from New Zealand grapes from Chile melons from Mexico kiwi from New Zealand cucumbers from Canada
