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Cosmovisions and Farming : An Investigation of Conventional and Alternative Farmers' Environmental Values along the Willamette River

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  • Understanding which factors motivate farmers to adopt certain practices is an important part of helping to solve many agri-environmental issues. This study uses 19 interviews with farmers along Oregon’s Willamette River, a statewide producer survey, and select interviews with organizations and agencies active in the farming community to examine the extent to which farmers’ environmental ethics and worldviews influence their praxis. Results indicate that while conventional- and alternative-style farmers’ ethics and worldviews exist on a spectrum, general differences can be identified between the two groups who oftentimes have differing ideas about what practices are beneficial for the environment. Although these values and beliefs play a role in shaping their praxis, theirinteractions with distinct formal and informal institutions and the social and economic challenges they face are equally as influential and are potentially shaping and reinforcing beliefs and practices.
  • Keywords: Agriculture, Anthropology of Food, Environmental Values, Farming
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