Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat
Resistance to corporate domination is one of the characteristics of agri-food in the era of global neoliberalism. In the case of meat, this resistance targets not only production systems – such as CAFOs – but also, and above all, the consumption of industrially produced meat and meat products. This...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Gujarati |
| Published: |
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
2020-08-01
|
| Series: | Estudos de Sociologia |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/revsocio/article/view/248007 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1823859910364889088 |
|---|---|
| author | Alessandro Bonanno |
| author_facet | Alessandro Bonanno |
| author_sort | Alessandro Bonanno |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Resistance to corporate domination is one of the characteristics of agri-food in the era of global neoliberalism. In the case of meat, this resistance targets not only production systems – such as CAFOs – but also, and above all, the consumption of industrially produced meat and meat products. This article probes the research question of the extent to which the development of plant-based meat is an effective alternative to corporate industrial meat production. Through the analysis of two plant-based meat companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, this work illustrates the limits of the market based business model adopted by these companies. It allows established transnational corporations to appropriate spaces of resistance historically occupied by left leaning groups and discourses. Among the major new initiatives in the global financial market and in the mass consumption sector (fast food and restaurant chains), plant-based meat is a proposal that has received widespread support from all sides of the political spectrum. The article offers a critique of the assumed “progressive” ideology and practices associated with plant-based meat and concludes with a critique of the limits of a technically based proposal.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-6679faeb919445e49fe17b73c241fbc8 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1415-000X 2317-5427 |
| language | Gujarati |
| publishDate | 2020-08-01 |
| publisher | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Estudos de Sociologia |
| spelling | doaj-art-6679faeb919445e49fe17b73c241fbc82025-02-10T18:51:45ZgujUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)Estudos de Sociologia1415-000X2317-54272020-08-0112610.51359/2317-5427.2020.248007Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meatAlessandro Bonanno0Sam Houston State University Resistance to corporate domination is one of the characteristics of agri-food in the era of global neoliberalism. In the case of meat, this resistance targets not only production systems – such as CAFOs – but also, and above all, the consumption of industrially produced meat and meat products. This article probes the research question of the extent to which the development of plant-based meat is an effective alternative to corporate industrial meat production. Through the analysis of two plant-based meat companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, this work illustrates the limits of the market based business model adopted by these companies. It allows established transnational corporations to appropriate spaces of resistance historically occupied by left leaning groups and discourses. Among the major new initiatives in the global financial market and in the mass consumption sector (fast food and restaurant chains), plant-based meat is a proposal that has received widespread support from all sides of the political spectrum. The article offers a critique of the assumed “progressive” ideology and practices associated with plant-based meat and concludes with a critique of the limits of a technically based proposal. https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/revsocio/article/view/248007sociology of agriculture and foodresistance to corporate agri-foodconsumptionmarketsplant-based meat |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Bonanno Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat Estudos de Sociologia sociology of agriculture and food resistance to corporate agri-food consumption markets plant-based meat |
| title | Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat |
| title_full | Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat |
| title_fullStr | Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat |
| title_short | Resistance to corporate agri-food. The case of plant-based meat |
| title_sort | resistance to corporate agri food the case of plant based meat |
| topic | sociology of agriculture and food resistance to corporate agri-food consumption markets plant-based meat |
| url | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/revsocio/article/view/248007 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT alessandrobonanno resistancetocorporateagrifoodthecaseofplantbasedmeat |