Something's Wrong Somewhere: Globalization, Community and the Moral Economy of the Farm Crisis

Discussion about four moral themes that have emerged from the current farm crises: the significance of agriculture for national sovereignty; the need for cooperation amid the loss of community; the crisis in the family who farms; and the increasing sense of powerlessness. The author argues that the farm crisis is more than economics, but is a moral and ethical crisis brought on by the ethic of competitiveness, domination and indifference as characterized by globalization.

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