Results from the GAP Group "Agriculture and Food" at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014
Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Agriculture and Food at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014
Proposals for the Transition
> Urban Planning should foresee areas for planting local food (i.e. Apple trees on streets) (local level)
> Subsidies for small scale ecological food production (EU Level)
> Taxes for agroindustry (EU level)
> Collective land ownership & collective production and processing should have a better legal framework (national level)
> Education should teach alternatives (society level)
> Right to Land for small farmers (global level)
Visions for a degrowth society
> Much less animal life-stock living in much better conditions
> Produce locally which is possible and trade globally what is necessary
> Direct connections between producers and consumers food sovereignty
Controversial questions
> What degree of de-industrialisation should we aim at in agriculture?
> Should markets continue to exist?
Stirring papers:
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Thoughts on agricultural transformation
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Food and Seed Sovereignty as conditions for degrowing our food system
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Food for the future
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