Agroecologies of displacement: a study of land access, dislocation, and migration in relation to sustainable food production in the Beach Flats Community Garden

K. Michelle Glowa, Monika Egerer, Vicki Jones

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Abstract

In this article, the Beach Flats Community Garden is used as a case study to theorize an “agroecologies of displacement.” We argue that farmers are increasingly less singularly place-based through involuntary displacement and that displacement and dispossession can shape agricultural practices in farming communities. We follow Cohen (2010), Kerssen and Brent (2017), and others in calling for the necessity to bring a historical and focused analysis of displacement, dispossession, and the dynamics of land under capitalist systems to our understanding of the articulations of food movements, in particular transformative agroecologies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-115
Number of pages24
JournalAgroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Volume43
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Urban garden
  • agroecology
  • displacement
  • immigration
  • land sovereignty

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