Peter Luetchford
Biographic Data
| ID | 132543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Luetchford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Luetchford |
| SIGNATURE | LUETCHFORD P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unpacking Fair Trade bananas and coffee
Entanglements between the state and agricultural production played a central role in determining the implementation of Fair Trade in the coffee and banana industries in Costa Rica. This paper contrasts a national imaginary of smallholder coffee production with a banana enclave dominated by US corporations. While the former complements Fair Trade practices, the latter precludes its entry into the sector except under exceptional circumstances. Howe…
Introduction – Toward an Anthropology of the Just Price
What’s in a Just Price? Challenging Values at an Organic Cooperative in Southern Spain
This paper documents the case of La Verde, a producer cooperative in Andalusia, Southern Spain, whose members grow and sell organic fruit and vegetables. Fieldwork data reveal a range of assessments and practices with respect to just price. Historical experiences of working as day laborers, with little access to cash or other resources informs the members’ radical political views on money, prices, and markets. These ideas modulate exchanges at th…
The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price
Politics and Ethics of the Just Price
Values and Markets
This article sets out the overlapping political and cultural roots of an innovative farming co-operative in Andalusia, one composed of both ex-labourers and small farmers. One strand of values involves the realization of a food chain in which no capitalist enterprise can extract profit from their labours: this, together with various conceptions of personal and local autonomy, shapes much of their practice of organic farming. Nevertheless, their l…
Struggling for autonomy
This article records verbatim interviews with a small group of labourers who became pioneer organic farmers and formed a cooperative in rural Andalusia. Their voices provide acute insights into strategies to avoid economic exploitation, and the politics of autonomy which is characteristic of the left in this part of Spain
Values and Markets
This article sets out the overlapping political and cultural roots of an innovative farming co-operative in Andalusia, one composed of both ex-labourers and small farmers. One strand of values involves the realization of a food chain in which no capitalist enterprise can extract profit from their labours: this, together with various conceptions of personal and local autonomy, shapes much of their practice of organic farming. Nevertheless, their l…
Struggling for autonomy
This article records verbatim interviews with a small group of labourers who became pioneer organic farmers and formed a cooperative in rural Andalusia. Their voices provide acute insights into strategies to avoid economic exploitation, and the politics of autonomy which is characteristic of the left in this part of Spain
Struggling for autonomy
This article records verbatim interviews with a small group of labourers who became pioneer organic farmers and formed a cooperative in rural Andalusia. Their voices provide acute insights into strategies to avoid economic exploitation, and the politics of autonomy which is characteristic of the left in this part of Spain
Values and Markets
This article sets out the overlapping political and cultural roots of an innovative farming co-operative in Andalusia, one composed of both ex-labourers and small farmers. One strand of values involves the realization of a food chain in which no capitalist enterprise can extract profit from their labours: this, together with various conceptions of personal and local autonomy, shapes much of their practice of organic farming. Nevertheless, their l…
Introduction – Toward an Anthropology of the Just Price
What’s in a Just Price? Challenging Values at an Organic Cooperative in Southern Spain
This paper documents the case of La Verde, a producer cooperative in Andalusia, Southern Spain, whose members grow and sell organic fruit and vegetables. Fieldwork data reveal a range of assessments and practices with respect to just price. Historical experiences of working as day laborers, with little access to cash or other resources informs the members’ radical political views on money, prices, and markets. These ideas modulate exchanges at th…
The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price
Politics and Ethics of the Just Price
Unpacking Fair Trade bananas and coffee
Entanglements between the state and agricultural production played a central role in determining the implementation of Fair Trade in the coffee and banana industries in Costa Rica. This paper contrasts a national imaginary of smallholder coffee production with a banana enclave dominated by US corporations. While the former complements Fair Trade practices, the latter precludes its entry into the sector except under exceptional circumstances. Howe…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Cooperative Studies and Economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (2 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (2 works)