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oapen-20.500.12657-516022021-12-02T02:45:56Z From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms Classens, Michael POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography;HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts, and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned and ultimately imperilled agriculture in the area. This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system. 2021-12-01T10:42:54Z 2021-12-01T10:42:54Z 2021 book 9780774865463 9780774813389 9780774818537 978077482838 9780774835497 9780774866767 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51602 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780774865470.pdf 9780774865487.epub https://ubcpress.ca UBC Press 10.14288/1.0398733 10.14288/1.0398733 66f8eaba-0736-464c-bc03-01558fff3cdc 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 9780774865463 9780774813389 9780774818537 978077482838 9780774835497 9780774866767 Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) 233 Vancouver Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation open access
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Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine.
From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts, and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned and ultimately imperilled agriculture in the area.
This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system.
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