Kathryn De Master
Biographic Data
| ID | 129360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn De Master |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | De Master |
| SIGNATURE | DE MASTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5475-6290 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What owns the land
Novel investment vehicles continue to dominate discussions of the financial entities driving the global land rush. However, less attention has been devoted to the mundane elements of such investment, primarily the corporate structure that undergirds it. Using US public records, our analysis reveals how absentee and complex corporate structures enable the financialization of farmland. While the latest farmland investment has the fresh face of the …
Desert wonderings
New Inquiries into the Agri-Cultures of the Middle
The disappearing "agriculture of the middle" (AOTM) in the US has been characterized as a market structure phenomenon, with midsized farms being defined as "too small to compete in the highly consolidated commodity markets and too large and commoditized to sell in the direct markets" (Kirschenmann et al. 2008). A national priority research agenda aimed at addressing this market vulnerability and renewing the AOTM has analyzed values-based supply …
Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality
Designing Dreams or Constructing Contradictions? European Union Multifunctional Policies and the Polish Organic Farm Sector
A bstract Analysts have heralded the principle of “multifunctionality” undergirding the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy “Second Pillar” support mechanisms as a “new . . . and strong paradigm” for agriculture ( van der Ploeg and Roep 2003 ), with the potential to re‐embed social, environmental, and ethical concerns into the structure of the agricultural system. Multifunctionality‐inspired agrienvironmental policies arguably represent a…
New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice
Tasting Food, Tasting Sustainability
Initiatives intended to create alternatives to the conventional, industrialized, global food system are now emerging. Conceptual framings of alternative food systems have been based principally on the reflections of academics and policy specialists rather than on the views of the producers and eaters who constitute the bulk of the food localization movement. At a conference hosted by the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, we explored the attr…
New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice
What owns the land
Novel investment vehicles continue to dominate discussions of the financial entities driving the global land rush. However, less attention has been devoted to the mundane elements of such investment, primarily the corporate structure that undergirds it. Using US public records, our analysis reveals how absentee and complex corporate structures enable the financialization of farmland. While the latest farmland investment has the fresh face of the …
Desert wonderings
Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality
New Inquiries into the Agri-Cultures of the Middle
The disappearing "agriculture of the middle" (AOTM) in the US has been characterized as a market structure phenomenon, with midsized farms being defined as "too small to compete in the highly consolidated commodity markets and too large and commoditized to sell in the direct markets" (Kirschenmann et al. 2008). A national priority research agenda aimed at addressing this market vulnerability and renewing the AOTM has analyzed values-based supply …
Designing Dreams or Constructing Contradictions? European Union Multifunctional Policies and the Polish Organic Farm Sector
A bstract Analysts have heralded the principle of “multifunctionality” undergirding the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy “Second Pillar” support mechanisms as a “new . . . and strong paradigm” for agriculture ( van der Ploeg and Roep 2003 ), with the potential to re‐embed social, environmental, and ethical concerns into the structure of the agricultural system. Multifunctionality‐inspired agrienvironmental policies arguably represent a…
Tasting Food, Tasting Sustainability
Initiatives intended to create alternatives to the conventional, industrialized, global food system are now emerging. Conceptual framings of alternative food systems have been based principally on the reflections of academics and policy specialists rather than on the views of the producers and eaters who constitute the bulk of the food localization movement. At a conference hosted by the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, we explored the attr…
New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice
Designing Dreams or Constructing Contradictions? European Union Multifunctional Policies and the Polish Organic Farm Sector
A bstract Analysts have heralded the principle of “multifunctionality” undergirding the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy “Second Pillar” support mechanisms as a “new . . . and strong paradigm” for agriculture ( van der Ploeg and Roep 2003 ), with the potential to re‐embed social, environmental, and ethical concerns into the structure of the agricultural system. Multifunctionality‐inspired agrienvironmental policies arguably represent a…
Wisconsin’s “Happy Cows”? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality
New Inquiries into the Agri-Cultures of the Middle
The disappearing "agriculture of the middle" (AOTM) in the US has been characterized as a market structure phenomenon, with midsized farms being defined as "too small to compete in the highly consolidated commodity markets and too large and commoditized to sell in the direct markets" (Kirschenmann et al. 2008). A national priority research agenda aimed at addressing this market vulnerability and renewing the AOTM has analyzed values-based supply …
Desert wonderings
What owns the land
Novel investment vehicles continue to dominate discussions of the financial entities driving the global land rush. However, less attention has been devoted to the mundane elements of such investment, primarily the corporate structure that undergirds it. Using US public records, our analysis reveals how absentee and complex corporate structures enable the financialization of farmland. While the latest farmland investment has the fresh face of the …
Organic Food and Agriculture (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works)