Composting Ecofeminism
Caring for Plants, Animals, and Multispecies Flourishing in Molly Chester's Dream Farm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5832706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn Yalan Chang (National Taitung University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 39-39 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h12030039 |
| OpenAlex | W4377041509 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Using the documentary The Biggest Little Farm (2019) and its follow-up sequel The Biggest Little Farm: The Return (2022), this article examines how American filmmaker and farmer John Chester and his wife Molly transformed previously dead land lacking biodiversity into Molly's dream farm over the past decade. My article argues that the way the films illustrate the Chesters' intricate relationships with plants, animals, and multispecies players is a way of showing how ecofeminism's concerns and insights can best be integrated into organic food/farming, which do not foreground gender in their analyses and activism. The article consists of four parts. The first describes the challenges Apricot Lane Farms faced before and after the Chesters' arrival. The second part explores the Chesters' "thinking with the soil" and de la Bellacasa's commitment to soil care in Matters of Care (2017), showing how this can serve as a refuge in a sense, as defined by Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing. The third part examines the Chesters' approach to conflicts, setbacks, and loss of life by emphasizing the potential for "staying with the trouble." Finally, the article concludes by demonstrating how the Chesters present Apricot Lane Farms as an attachment site of co-flourishment by caring for the plants, animals, and microorganisms essential to supporting all life's ecosystems
Ecofeminism · Flourishing · Wife · Animal and Plant Science Education · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |