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  • 14 - Environmental Violence and Agriculture

  • from Part III - Environmental Violence Impacts, Responses, Resistance, and Alternatives
  • Edited by Richard A. Marcantonio, University of Notre Dame, John Paul Lederach, Humanity United, Agustín Fuentes, Princeton University
  • Book:
    Exploring Environmental Violence
    Published online:
    06 June 2024
    Print publication:
    09 May 2024, pp 301-317
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    Environmental violence focuses on the harm from both toxic and non-toxic pollution. Contemporary agricultural practices contribute significantly to such environmental violence through a heavy reliance on synthetic chemicals to raise commodities, as well as fossil fuels for tractors and shipping related to distribution. These same practices further harm persons and communities (both human and non-human) in ways not included in the environmental violence framework. Using Jacques Ellul’s theory of a technological society and technique that values efficiency in all areas of life, this chapter explores the relationship between environmental violence, contemporary agricultural practices, and wider critiques of technology. The chapter concludes with a brief examination of how we might culturally encourage an agriculture of flourishing rather than one focused solely on efficiency through the example of the Catholic Worker farms.