Az élelemtermelés társadalmi és környezeti dilemmái egy Termelési és Értékesítési Szövetkezet példáján keresztül
The Social and Environmental Dilemmas of Food Production - an Example of a Producer Organization

Summary/Abstract: In the context of the ecological and climate crisis and growing socio-spatial inequalities, there is an increasing urgency to think about environmentally and socially sustainable food-provisioning, the possible structures of food-sovereignty. The currently dominant economic system keeps the prices of food, raw materials, labor, and energy low by exploiting nature and people (Moore 2019 [2014]). Through studying a producer cooperation that was able to survive several eras (including state socialism) we would like to understand those structural pressures that push a producer organisation to externalise the costs of production on the society (employees) and on nature. Our research question: How does the globalized food system shape the strategies of a producer organization aiming to help producers to survive? What social (labor cheapening) and environmental (e.g., soil degradation, environmental impact through the use of plastics and chemicals) exploitation mechanisms does a producer cooperation existing under the pressures of global capitalism have? We aim to answer the research question in an interdisciplinary author community through the analysis of semi-structured interviews with farmers and local decision makers (39) and field notes from participant observation (day laborers working on films and 1-1 working days with packaging plant staff).

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